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| - | Now you have to copy everything from the SD card to the disk. | + | Now you have to copy everything from the SD card to the disk. ([[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Full_system_backup_with_rsync#With_a_single_command|source]]) |
| <code> | <code> | ||
| mkdir -p /tmp/sata | mkdir -p /tmp/sata | ||
| mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/sata | mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/sata | ||
| - | rsync -av / /tmp/sata/ | + | rsync -aAXv --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} / /tmp/sata |
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| Now, your SATA drive contains a complete copy of your system, but one important thing is missing: your kernel is in ''/tmp/sata/boot'', but this folder should actually mount /dev/mmcblk0p1, which already contains the system you are currently running. | Now, your SATA drive contains a complete copy of your system, but one important thing is missing: your kernel is in ''/tmp/sata/boot'', but this folder should actually mount /dev/mmcblk0p1, which already contains the system you are currently running. | ||
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| Can you log into your cube ? Congratulations ! It worked ! | Can you log into your cube ? Congratulations ! It worked ! | ||
| - | ====== Cleaning ====== | + | ====== Cleaning up ====== |
| - | Now, your old system is cluttering the ''/boot'' folder. To clean it up, you can remove everything in this folder, and then reinstall the kernel and everything necessary to boot. | + | Now, your old system is cluttering the ''/boot'' folder. To clean it up, you can remove everything in this folder, and reuse the ''/boot.old'' copy we did earlier. |
| <code> | <code> | ||
| cd /boot | cd /boot | ||
| rm -rf * # /!\ proceed carefully /!\ | rm -rf * # /!\ proceed carefully /!\ | ||
| - | update-initramfs -u | + | mv /boot.old/* . |
| + | rmdir /boot.old | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | Check if ''/boot'' got repopulated by the last command. If so, you are good to go. | + | Everything should be fine now ! |
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| + | An alternative approach: remove everything from ''/boot'', then run ''update-initramfs -u''. This will regenerate everything necessary inside ''/boot''. | ||