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by qalmakka 2131 days ago
I haven't reinstalled Linux in years; usually, if I want to migrate my install somewhere else I use one of the following approaches:

- `rsync -qaHAXS src dest` - `btrfs/zfs send/recv`

Lately I standardized around ZFS, so I've moved several times my install using send and receive (even using SSH) and it's beautiful.

6 comments

Can you write up a tutorial please?
This sounds worthy of a gist, or blog entry. Share, please!
I use btrfs send and receive. Works wonderfully! There's a tool called snap-sync for Arch Linux which makes it seamless.
Interested to hear more, too...
I fifth the tutorial request as well!
Yes, please post a tutorial!