Moving root partition to SSD on dualboot system
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I just installed an SSD next to an already existing HDD on my laptop. It is a dualboot system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04. I already cloned the Windows and boot partitions to the SSD with success, so when the laptop starts it directly goes to GRUB on the SSD with the options to start Ubuntu or start Windows 10 through a chainloader (because of EFI). The Ubuntu install itself is still on the HDD, but with a seperate root and home partition. Both operating systems work.
Now, what I want to do to boot faster into Ubuntu is to move the root partition to the SSD. I don't want to reinstall Ubuntu. What's the best way to go about this?
dual-boot partitioning ssd
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I just installed an SSD next to an already existing HDD on my laptop. It is a dualboot system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04. I already cloned the Windows and boot partitions to the SSD with success, so when the laptop starts it directly goes to GRUB on the SSD with the options to start Ubuntu or start Windows 10 through a chainloader (because of EFI). The Ubuntu install itself is still on the HDD, but with a seperate root and home partition. Both operating systems work.
Now, what I want to do to boot faster into Ubuntu is to move the root partition to the SSD. I don't want to reinstall Ubuntu. What's the best way to go about this?
dual-boot partitioning ssd
asked Dec 1 at 14:46
Nkciy84
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Since all your settings are in /home, really easier/better to reinstall. You cannot use dd on a partition when drive is gpt partitioned. I just installed 19.04 in another ext4 partition on my HDD, with 18.04 on SSD. It took all of about 10 min to install, and less than an hour to reconfigure and install all apps from list I exported. others may suggest Clonezilla which I never have used. But make sure it does not duplicate UUID & GUIDs as that is often an issue with clones.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 14:53
Yeah, I agree it's probably cleaner this way. How did you export the list of installed apps? Also, I don't want to use Clonezilla or any other program if I did want to go through with it. Just copying,cuttin, pasting and editing files manually.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 14:56
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My export of apps is part of my rsync backup, so always current. help.ubuntu.com/community/ReinstallingSamePackages & askubuntu.com/questions/17823/… I do keep /home, but no data on SSD's / partition. And all data is in a separate data partition on HDD. Then user configs also load quickly. And I can mount data in all my installs, and can test other configurations without modifying my main working install.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 15:15
Thanks, will check those out and get to work in a few minutes. When you said you don't keep your data on the SSD but you do keep /home on the SSD, does it mean you make symlinks to the documents, downloads, etc. folders? That does sound very logical.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 15:22
You might even try the copy/paste options ingparted. Otherwise, you can useClonezillato copy partitions.
– heynnema
Dec 1 at 18:24
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I just installed an SSD next to an already existing HDD on my laptop. It is a dualboot system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04. I already cloned the Windows and boot partitions to the SSD with success, so when the laptop starts it directly goes to GRUB on the SSD with the options to start Ubuntu or start Windows 10 through a chainloader (because of EFI). The Ubuntu install itself is still on the HDD, but with a seperate root and home partition. Both operating systems work.
Now, what I want to do to boot faster into Ubuntu is to move the root partition to the SSD. I don't want to reinstall Ubuntu. What's the best way to go about this?
dual-boot partitioning ssd
asked Dec 1 at 14:46
Nkciy84
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I just installed an SSD next to an already existing HDD on my laptop. It is a dualboot system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04. I already cloned the Windows and boot partitions to the SSD with success, so when the laptop starts it directly goes to GRUB on the SSD with the options to start Ubuntu or start Windows 10 through a chainloader (because of EFI). The Ubuntu install itself is still on the HDD, but with a seperate root and home partition. Both operating systems work.
Now, what I want to do to boot faster into Ubuntu is to move the root partition to the SSD. I don't want to reinstall Ubuntu. What's the best way to go about this?
dual-boot partitioning ssd
dual-boot partitioning ssd
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Since all your settings are in /home, really easier/better to reinstall. You cannot use dd on a partition when drive is gpt partitioned. I just installed 19.04 in another ext4 partition on my HDD, with 18.04 on SSD. It took all of about 10 min to install, and less than an hour to reconfigure and install all apps from list I exported. others may suggest Clonezilla which I never have used. But make sure it does not duplicate UUID & GUIDs as that is often an issue with clones.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 14:53
Yeah, I agree it's probably cleaner this way. How did you export the list of installed apps? Also, I don't want to use Clonezilla or any other program if I did want to go through with it. Just copying,cuttin, pasting and editing files manually.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 14:56
1
My export of apps is part of my rsync backup, so always current. help.ubuntu.com/community/ReinstallingSamePackages & askubuntu.com/questions/17823/… I do keep /home, but no data on SSD's / partition. And all data is in a separate data partition on HDD. Then user configs also load quickly. And I can mount data in all my installs, and can test other configurations without modifying my main working install.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 15:15
Thanks, will check those out and get to work in a few minutes. When you said you don't keep your data on the SSD but you do keep /home on the SSD, does it mean you make symlinks to the documents, downloads, etc. folders? That does sound very logical.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 15:22
You might even try the copy/paste options ingparted. Otherwise, you can useClonezillato copy partitions.
– heynnema
Dec 1 at 18:24
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show 3 more comments
1
Since all your settings are in /home, really easier/better to reinstall. You cannot use dd on a partition when drive is gpt partitioned. I just installed 19.04 in another ext4 partition on my HDD, with 18.04 on SSD. It took all of about 10 min to install, and less than an hour to reconfigure and install all apps from list I exported. others may suggest Clonezilla which I never have used. But make sure it does not duplicate UUID & GUIDs as that is often an issue with clones.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 14:53
Yeah, I agree it's probably cleaner this way. How did you export the list of installed apps? Also, I don't want to use Clonezilla or any other program if I did want to go through with it. Just copying,cuttin, pasting and editing files manually.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 14:56
1
My export of apps is part of my rsync backup, so always current. help.ubuntu.com/community/ReinstallingSamePackages & askubuntu.com/questions/17823/… I do keep /home, but no data on SSD's / partition. And all data is in a separate data partition on HDD. Then user configs also load quickly. And I can mount data in all my installs, and can test other configurations without modifying my main working install.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 15:15
Thanks, will check those out and get to work in a few minutes. When you said you don't keep your data on the SSD but you do keep /home on the SSD, does it mean you make symlinks to the documents, downloads, etc. folders? That does sound very logical.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 15:22
You might even try the copy/paste options ingparted. Otherwise, you can useClonezillato copy partitions.
– heynnema
Dec 1 at 18:24
1
1
Since all your settings are in /home, really easier/better to reinstall. You cannot use dd on a partition when drive is gpt partitioned. I just installed 19.04 in another ext4 partition on my HDD, with 18.04 on SSD. It took all of about 10 min to install, and less than an hour to reconfigure and install all apps from list I exported. others may suggest Clonezilla which I never have used. But make sure it does not duplicate UUID & GUIDs as that is often an issue with clones.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 14:53
Since all your settings are in /home, really easier/better to reinstall. You cannot use dd on a partition when drive is gpt partitioned. I just installed 19.04 in another ext4 partition on my HDD, with 18.04 on SSD. It took all of about 10 min to install, and less than an hour to reconfigure and install all apps from list I exported. others may suggest Clonezilla which I never have used. But make sure it does not duplicate UUID & GUIDs as that is often an issue with clones.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 14:53
Yeah, I agree it's probably cleaner this way. How did you export the list of installed apps? Also, I don't want to use Clonezilla or any other program if I did want to go through with it. Just copying,cuttin, pasting and editing files manually.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 14:56
Yeah, I agree it's probably cleaner this way. How did you export the list of installed apps? Also, I don't want to use Clonezilla or any other program if I did want to go through with it. Just copying,cuttin, pasting and editing files manually.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 14:56
1
1
My export of apps is part of my rsync backup, so always current. help.ubuntu.com/community/ReinstallingSamePackages & askubuntu.com/questions/17823/… I do keep /home, but no data on SSD's / partition. And all data is in a separate data partition on HDD. Then user configs also load quickly. And I can mount data in all my installs, and can test other configurations without modifying my main working install.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 15:15
My export of apps is part of my rsync backup, so always current. help.ubuntu.com/community/ReinstallingSamePackages & askubuntu.com/questions/17823/… I do keep /home, but no data on SSD's / partition. And all data is in a separate data partition on HDD. Then user configs also load quickly. And I can mount data in all my installs, and can test other configurations without modifying my main working install.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 15:15
Thanks, will check those out and get to work in a few minutes. When you said you don't keep your data on the SSD but you do keep /home on the SSD, does it mean you make symlinks to the documents, downloads, etc. folders? That does sound very logical.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 15:22
Thanks, will check those out and get to work in a few minutes. When you said you don't keep your data on the SSD but you do keep /home on the SSD, does it mean you make symlinks to the documents, downloads, etc. folders? That does sound very logical.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 15:22
You might even try the copy/paste options in
gparted. Otherwise, you can use Clonezilla to copy partitions.– heynnema
Dec 1 at 18:24
You might even try the copy/paste options in
gparted. Otherwise, you can use Clonezilla to copy partitions.– heynnema
Dec 1 at 18:24
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The cleanest way is to reinstall on SSD. Create 2 partitions on SSD, one for / and other /home, boot new version, reinstall the apps, then copy all user's content from old HDD into SSD's /home/ folder.
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Since all your settings are in /home, really easier/better to reinstall. You cannot use dd on a partition when drive is gpt partitioned. I just installed 19.04 in another ext4 partition on my HDD, with 18.04 on SSD. It took all of about 10 min to install, and less than an hour to reconfigure and install all apps from list I exported. others may suggest Clonezilla which I never have used. But make sure it does not duplicate UUID & GUIDs as that is often an issue with clones.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 14:53
Yeah, I agree it's probably cleaner this way. How did you export the list of installed apps? Also, I don't want to use Clonezilla or any other program if I did want to go through with it. Just copying,cuttin, pasting and editing files manually.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 14:56
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My export of apps is part of my rsync backup, so always current. help.ubuntu.com/community/ReinstallingSamePackages & askubuntu.com/questions/17823/… I do keep /home, but no data on SSD's / partition. And all data is in a separate data partition on HDD. Then user configs also load quickly. And I can mount data in all my installs, and can test other configurations without modifying my main working install.
– oldfred
Dec 1 at 15:15
Thanks, will check those out and get to work in a few minutes. When you said you don't keep your data on the SSD but you do keep /home on the SSD, does it mean you make symlinks to the documents, downloads, etc. folders? That does sound very logical.
– Nkciy84
Dec 1 at 15:22
You might even try the copy/paste options in
gparted. Otherwise, you can useClonezillato copy partitions.– heynnema
Dec 1 at 18:24