EDIT WITH UPDATE: Operation went off without a hitch! I’m now up and running with the 512GB nvme drive! Next stop is dual booting nixos, which was the whole reason for switching to the larger drive.
ORIGINAL POST:
I’ve got a laptop running Arch (btw), with a 128GB nvme in it. The nvme has two partitions. EFI boot, and a luks encrypted lvm.
I’ve got a 512GB nvme I want to swap in. I think I can clone the device with dd, update the uuids, expand the lvm, and drop in the 512 nvme, but my searching hasn’t given me a clear confirmation of this. Am I correct in my thought process, or am I setting myself up for disaster?
The first clone (to the interim usb ssd) was a success! I’ll report back after installing the new nvme and cloning from the ssd to the nvme.
Secnd clone was also a success! I cloned from the USB SSD to the NVMe, installed it, updated the UUIDs in
fstab, and booted straight up!Filesystem sized is grown fine? If so wow that was easy.
I didn’t expand it because I’m planning to dual boot NixOS. I’ve been wanting to wade in to NixOS and see what it’s all about.