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Oct 12, 2016 at 17:41 comment added X14U2NVX ah, makes sense. Ah, one last thing. Had to update /etc/fstab (as I was copying over it and forgot it wasn't in /boot)
Oct 12, 2016 at 17:03 comment added derobert @X14U2NVX no, no need to zero it, unless you need to erase old data on it (e.g., for security reasons). If its a new disk, it shipped zero'd anyway.
Oct 12, 2016 at 17:01 comment added X14U2NVX Great advice! Do you think I should zero the rest of the drive (since my new md1 is considerably larger than sda(2/5)?
Oct 12, 2016 at 16:39 comment added derobert @X14U2NVX Just remember an important thing about dd: it's way too easy to get if and of confused. Make sure to check thrice before hitting enter. (And of course, always have backups).
Oct 12, 2016 at 16:22 vote accept X14U2NVX
Oct 12, 2016 at 16:22 comment added X14U2NVX Thank you for the advice! My supervisor doesn't want to run the copy live (in case something goes wrong), so I'll probably be sticking to dd with a live disk. I'd completely forgotten about updating initramfs though, so good call there!
Oct 12, 2016 at 15:40 history answered derobert CC BY-SA 3.0