ue23 Posted October 9, 2023 Share #1 Posted October 9, 2023 Hi everyone, I have currently set up a fully working DSM 7.2 via USB memory stick boot and already configured it to my needs which took me quite some time. I want now to switch to a 120GB SSD as the booting device, instead of the USB stick. I'm hopping for some performance gains, but more than that Im afraid that increased read/write operations will damage the USB stick in the near future. I'm having quite some apps and containers which will be active 24/7 and connections to devices will also be 24/7. Is it possible to clone my USB drive, so that I don't lose any configuration and then flash it to the new SSD and continue to use it right after? (I didn't find anything similar on the web, it was either old DSM version or fresh installation of xpenology) Many thanks! Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Suh Posted October 9, 2023 Share #2 Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) My TCRP-mshell supports this feature since a few days ago. Please try it. https://github.com/PeterSuh-Q3/tinycore-redpill/releases/tag/v0.9.5.0 Edited October 9, 2023 by Peter Suh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Suh Posted October 9, 2023 Share #3 Posted October 9, 2023 A function that can clone the contents of a USB Stick to an SSD is currently being developed. I think we can release it soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ue23 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted October 9, 2023 Thanks for the reply, my SSD is going to be a SATA 6G one, since I don't have any M.2 ports on this board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjz304 Posted October 9, 2023 Share #5 Posted October 9, 2023 34 minutes ago, ue23 said: Thanks for the reply, my SSD is going to be a SATA 6G one, since I don't have any M.2 ports on this board. It's always possible, sata doesn't differentiate between hdd and ssd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ue23 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share #6 Posted October 9, 2023 So I can just clone my current USB flash drive and flash it to the new SATA SSD and boot like before, while keeping all my configurations? Are there any settings hardcoded that needs to be changed telling the system, that its now being used via SATA port and not via USB... Thanks to you all in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjz304 Posted October 9, 2023 Share #7 Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, ue23 said: So I can just clone my current USB flash drive and flash it to the new SATA SSD and boot like before, while keeping all my configurations? Are there any settings hardcoded that needs to be changed telling the system, that its now being used via SATA port and not via USB... Thanks to you all in advance! Yes, it's just that you need to clone the disk instead of simply copying the files, There is no need to change anything else. Remove the USB device before boot，because there are two boot disks at the same time. arpl will report an error because it does not know which one to use. Edited October 9, 2023 by wjz304 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ue23 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share #8 Posted October 9, 2023 Great! Thanks for your help! I will then switch to an SSD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Suh Posted October 10, 2023 Share #9 Posted October 10, 2023 https://github.com/PeterSuh-Q3/tinycore-redpill/releases/tag/v0.9.5.0 The feature you want has been deployed. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldi Posted November 6, 2023 Share #10 Posted November 6, 2023 Question. If you clone the bootloader to an SSD does it use the full drive? Or can you use the other Part as a normal Drive in Xpenology? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ue23 Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share #11 Posted November 10, 2023 Without changing any settings, you cant. But better use a cheap usb drive for booting the loader. It is only needed for the loader, which will start xpenology from the drive it installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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