Re: Replacing and mirroring boot drive

2023-12-31 Thread Javier Perez
Thanks! On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 1:45 PM wrote: > On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:58:41 + Barry wrote: > >> On 30 Dec 2023, at 10:50, Javier Perez wrote: > > >> Question here. Can I on the new install select the /boot to be btrfs? > Do I need to make it a separate partition or should I just let the i

Re: Replacing and mirroring boot drive

2023-12-30 Thread Francis . Montagnac
On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:58:41 + Barry wrote: >> On 30 Dec 2023, at 10:50, Javier Perez wrote: >> Question here. Can I on the new install select the /boot to be btrfs? Do I >> need to make it a separate partition or should I just let the install wizard >> alone to do that? > I am not sure of

Re: Replacing and mirroring boot drive

2023-12-30 Thread Barry
> On 30 Dec 2023, at 10:50, Javier Perez wrote: > > Question here. Can I on the new install select the /boot to be btrfs? Do I > need to make it a separate partition or should I just let the install wizard > alone to do that? Let the install wizard decide. There are rules about file system

Re: Replacing and mirroring boot drive

2023-12-30 Thread Javier Perez
Hi Barry. Thanks. I have an additional question down. On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 5:09 AM Barry Scott wrote: > > > On 29 Dec 2023, at 09:02, Javier Perez wrote: > > Here come my questions. > 1. Can I move everything on the SSD to a new SSD with everything under > btrfs? From what I have been readin

Re: Replacing and mirroring boot drive

2023-12-29 Thread Barry Scott
> On 29 Dec 2023, at 09:02, Javier Perez wrote: > > Here come my questions. > 1. Can I move everything on the SSD to a new SSD with everything under btrfs? > From what I have been reading it seems like /boot/efi still needs to be on a > vfat partition, but /boot could be moved into btrfs. Wo

Replacing and mirroring boot drive

2023-12-29 Thread Javier Perez
Hi. I need some guidance here. I want to replace the boot drive of a computer and then add a second drive to create a Raid1 system for the boot and / filesytem. For now, home will stay where it its, on a separate drive for now. The Boot drive is old. It is a Crucial SSD about 8 years old. It hol