Re: [arch-general] how to migrate installs between hard drives?

solsTiCe d'Hiver wrote:

if think dd is the worst way to copy data between disk or partition

i used to copy data from one partition to another the "old" way by using tar and a pipe

tar -C /myfirst partition -csSf -|tar -C /mysecondpartition -xSsp

rsync is not bad too.

I also prefer to handle this type of things using tar, though without the pipe. I generally will generate a full tar archive of the original partition, then copy it over to the other disk and either fully untar it, or untar portions of it. The reason I go for the full archive is because I like to keep the tarball around afterwards in case I need to repeat the process, need to untar additional portions of it, etc. DR