The title pretty much speaks for itself… I have a linux install that I’ve spent a considerable time configuring, which is unfortunately installed on a drive that’s starting to show signs of dying.

My question is: how, if there is a way, can I migrate said linux install over to a different drive, while preserving all the configurations and such.

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who commented! I made the transfer, using dd and it went mostly smoothly, even if it did take a while.

  • HouseWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Clonezilla Is what I normally use for cloning drives, including my boot drive. You flash it to a USB drive then.

    Maybe look up a Youtube guide first but I’ve never had issues with it.

    • dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Yeah i used this when i got an nvme and migrated from spinning disk on my machine. I dont remember the exact process, but it was fairly straightforward as i recall

    • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Clonezilla is amazing, you ‘just’ need a disposable thumb drive (it gets wiped) and an external hard drive (to save the temporary clone file).