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Title: Replace installation’s SSD
Post by: jonm on June 10, 2020, 02:42:46 PM

I need to replace the SSD that Opnsense is installed on in my system. Just wondering if there's an approved/best way to do this. I was planning to boot into Linux from a USB stick and use dd to duplicate the old disk to the new. Any reason why this shouldn't work?

Thanks,

Jon.

Title: Re: Replace installation’s SSD
Post by: w2connect on June 10, 2020, 02:46:44 PM

Hi,
I've never had any problem cloning a hard drive with a hardware clone device. It should work!

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Title: Re: Replace installation’s SSD
Post by: 5SpeedFun on June 10, 2020, 03:31:05 PM

Why not just

1) Full backup of config
2) Fresh install on new ssd
3) Restore config?

Title: Re: Replace installation%u2019s SSD
Post by: iMx on June 11, 2020, 08:46:12 AM

Quote from: 5SpeedFun on June 10, 2020, 03:31:05 PM
Why not just

1) Full backup of config
2) Fresh install on new ssd
3) Restore config?

Not just me then? :p

Although I guess if you have any /boot/loader.conf.local customisations, these might not (wont?) make it...

Title: Re: Replace installation’s SSD
Post by: jonm on June 11, 2020, 11:44:36 AM

Thanks all, maybe I'll try the backup/fresh install/restore approach.

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