Hi all,

I currently have a Linux install from an old 256GB SATA SSD that I inherited. It was originally used as a swap drive in another person’s RAID server for about 7 years, then it was given to me, where I put my own Linux install that I have been running for about 5 years.

About a year ago, I acquired a new computer that has an NVMe SSD. It originally ran windows, but I dropped in my SSD with my Linux install, installed grub on the NVMe SSD, and booted to the old SSD.

I am mildly concerned about with this SSD being so old, it could crap out on me eventually. I remember that being a topic of discussion when SSDs first hit the market (i.e. when the one that I am using was made). So I was thinking of wiping the 1TB NVMe SSD that is currently unused in this computer and migrating my install to it. Now, I know I could copy my whole disk with dd, then expand the partition to make use of the space. But I was wondering if I could change the filesystem to something that had snapshots (such as btrfs).

Is it possible to do this, or to change filesystems do I need to create a new Linux install and copy all the files over that I want to keep?

  • vrt3@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    -x (alias --one-file-system) means “don’t cross filesystem boundaries”; is that what you meant? Or did you mean -X | --xattrs?

    Edited because I wrote some things before that were incorrect.

    • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yep, that’s so you don’t end up potentially copying /dev, /sys, /run or any other mounted partitions.