Installing new SSD drive

[Javier Perez <pepebuho@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

This is a personal project for a Home server.

It has a 2T HDD divided into 5 partitions.

[root@###### ~]# lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0  1.8T  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0    1G  0 part /boot
├─sda2   8:2    0  260M  0 part /boot/efi
├─sda3   8:3    0   28G  0 part /
├─sda4   8:4    0    4G  0 part [SWAP]
└─sda5   8:5    0  1.8T  0 part /Shared_Media

I plan to add a 120G SDD

to install the OS on the SDD and keep /Shared_Media's partition on the HDD.

Eventually I want to convert it to a Raid 1 sysyem. My idea is to copy /Shared media to a new disk, in a degenerate Raid and then repartition the original HDD and add it to the Raid.

My question is how to pass the OS to the SSD? I know the easiest way is just install  on the SSD from a USB and then add the /Shared_Media to the file system.

But I wanted to use this as a learning/game up skills opportunity.

Is there an easy way to transfer the OS with the current software load and customizations (/etc/*)?

Is it wise nowadays to create a swap partition on the SSD? It is a M.2 WD Green

Thanks for whatever light you might shed on this case.

JP

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