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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Best way to swap drives? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Nednarb44@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm looking to upgrade drives on two of my machines. My server running ubuntu has a 3.5" and will be getting a larger capacity HDD, while my personal computer running endeavor OS will be going from a 2.5" ssd to an nvme drive. (Not sure if it helps giving the drive types, but can't hurt).

I'm fine with a clean install and reinstalling everything, but to save some time I'd of course like to minimize the effort that goes into it (importing settings etc). Any tips/tricks for either? Thanks in advance

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[–] Nednarb44@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks, that's really helpful. It can be hard to tell between commands and acronyms in conversation with familiarity

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be absolutely sure that you get the source and destination drives correct. If you get them backwards, it will nuke your data. There is no confirmations, dd will start as soon as you press enter.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Good old disk destroyer.