Hi all,
I currently have a Linux install from an old 256GB SATA SSD that I inherited. It was originally used as a swap drive in another person’s RAID server for about 7 years, then it was given to me, where I put my own Linux install that I have been running for about 5 years.
About a year ago, I acquired a new computer that has an NVMe SSD. It originally ran windows, but I dropped in my SSD with my Linux install, installed grub on the NVMe SSD, and booted to the old SSD.
I am mildly concerned about with this SSD being so old, it could crap out on me eventually. I remember that being a topic of discussion when SSDs first hit the market (i.e. when the one that I am using was made). So I was thinking of wiping the 1TB NVMe SSD that is currently unused in this computer and migrating my install to it. Now, I know I could copy my whole disk with dd, then expand the partition to make use of the space. But I was wondering if I could change the filesystem to something that had snapshots (such as btrfs).
Is it possible to do this, or to change filesystems do I need to create a new Linux install and copy all the files over that I want to keep?
This is off topic, so I will leave it as a comment below, but last week I had the bright idea to wipe the NVMe SSD to prepare it for this migration. I totally forgot that I had my MBR and grub on that SSD. So the next time I rebooted, it wouldn’t boot back up. It took me like two hours to get grub back on it and boot it back up.