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title: "Forklift Upgrade Arch Linux To A Dell Precision 3561"
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date: 2021-10-19
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tags: ["linux", "arch", "luks", "mdadm", "raid", "nvme"]
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summaryimage: fifty-screenFetch-2021-10-19_02-11-50.png
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authors: ["trent"]
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post: 32
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---
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date: 2021-10-19
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## Introduction
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I fork-lift upgraded my luks-encrypted Arch Linux installation from a Lenovo T460
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to a luks-encrypted, software raid1 mirror on a Dell Precision 3561.
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It was relatively easy to do.
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## The New Laptop
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<figure>
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<img src=../../photos/fifty-screenFetch-2021-10-19_02-11-50.png width="100%" />
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<figcaption>the Dell Precision 3561 runs Arch Linux flawlessly, btw</figcaption>
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</figure>
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I ordered a new Dell Precision 3561 with the minimal ram and ssd configuration,
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running Ubuntu 20.04.
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The plan was to transfer a luks-encrypted Arch Linux from my Lenovo T460 to a
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luks-encrypted thumbdrive. Then run Arch Linux from the thumbdrive on the new Precision 3561 for
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a few days while I waited for Amazon to deliver some 1tb Samsung 830 nvme ssds.
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And then finally to transfer the Arch installation from the thumbdrive onto an
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luks-encrypted software raid1 mirror on the new Precision 3561.
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Everything went according to plan, with not a single stumble or mishap; and so
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I'm documenting here how it went down. The only thing left to do now is to order
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64gb of ram, so I can run Android Studio, and continue working on
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[my Android App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.trentpalmer.trentreads){target=_blank}
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(which needs some work). And of course update Arch Linux 5 times a day.
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I use Arch Linux, btw!
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## Creating a Rescue Disk
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The transfer process I came up with involved two thumb drives: one to serve as
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a live disk to work from, and the other to temporarily run Arch on the new laptop.
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So why would I not use an Arch install disk as a live disk? Because I cache Arch
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packages on my lan using an Nginx reverse-cacheing proxy, which makes it really
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fast to simply bootstrap (pacstrap) a new Arch installation onto a thumb drive,
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exactly as I would install Arch anywhere else.
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## Transfering Arch to USB
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I booted my _old_ T460 from my rescue disk and also plugged the other thumb drive into
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a usb port.
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### Formatting the Thumb Drive.
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I opened the target thumbdrive in `gdisk` interactive partition tool, created a new
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gpt partition table by pressing `o`. Then created a 1GB _efi_ partition, type ef00,
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and a single partition for the remainder of the 256gb thumb.
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* I formatted the _efi_ parition on the thumbdrive:
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* `mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sdc1`
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* I luks-encrypted the other partition on the thumbdrive:
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* `luksFormat -y -v /dev/sdc2`
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* Then I opened the new luks device:
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* `cryptsetup open /dev/sdc2 cryptroot`
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* And formatted it:
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* `mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/cryptroot`
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### Copying the _efi_ partition files to Thumb Drive
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More specifically in a typical `systemd-boot` configuration the _efi_ partition
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contains the entire `/boot` directory.
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* I mounted the T460's _efi_ partition for Arch Linux:
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* `mount /dev/sda5 /mnt2`
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* I mounted the thumbdrive's _efi_ partition:
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* `mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt`
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* And then copied all the files over:
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* `cp -av /mnt2/* /mnt/`
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* I then unmounted the _efi_ partitions:
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* `umount /mnt2 ; umount /mnt`
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### Copying the `/` partition files to the Thumb Drive
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* I decrypted the Arch `/` device on the T460
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* `cryptsetup open /dev/sda6 cryptroot2`
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* And then mounted it:
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* `mount /dev/mapper/cryptroot2 /mnt2`
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* ...mounted the `/` device for the thumbdrive:
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* `mount /dev/mapper/cryptroot /mnt`
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* And copied the files:
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* `rsync -aAXvPH /mnt2/ /mnt/`
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## Rescuing The Thumb Drive via _Chroot_
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* I unmounted the T460's `/` device:
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* `umount /mnt2`
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* Mounted the thumbdrive's _efi_ partition relative to `/mnt`
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* `mount /dev/sdc /mnt/boot`
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* And entered _chroot_:
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* `arch-chroot /mnt`
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### Updating `fstab` for the Thumb Drive
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* I located the UUID of the thumbdrive's _efi_ partition:
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* `blkid /dev/sdc1`
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* I located the UUID of the luks device:
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* `blkid /dev/mapper/cryptroot`
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* And updated `/etc/fstab` accordingly.
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```cfg
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# /etc/fstab
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# /dev/mapper/cryptroot
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UUID=391f6062-d8af-4266-a48c-186270d54ef3 / xfs rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=32k,noquota 0 1
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# /dev/sdc1
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UUID="FACA-0B61" /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 2
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...
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```
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### Rebuilding the _Initramfs_ for the Thumb Drive
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Still inside _chroot_ I ran the following command to rebuild the _initramfs_.
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```bash
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mkinitcpio -P
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```
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### Updating the `systemd-boot` Entry for the Thumb Drive
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* I located the UUID of `/dev/sdc2` with the following command:
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* `blkid /dev/sdc2`
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* And updated `/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf` accordingly.
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```cfg
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# /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
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title arch
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linux /vmlinuz-linux
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initrd /intel-ucode.img
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initrd /initramfs-linux.img
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options cryptdevice=UUID=f8c5062a-849d-4c56-bc98-2c93da85090f:cryptroot root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot rw quiet loglevel=3
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```
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## Running Arch from USB
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At this point Arch would boot and run flawlessly on the new Dell Precision 3561.
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I went ahead and changed the hostname, machine-id, ssh-keys, and host_ssh_keys to make it official.
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While test-driving the new machine, I worked on my
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[Ansible-KVM Router Lab](https://github.com/TrentSPalmer/router-lab){target=_blank}.
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As configured, the mobile workstation gets great battery life under a light work-load
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of web browser and ssh terminal work.
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Satisfied that the new system was going to work out, I ordered a pair of 1tb
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Samsung 830 nvme ssds, and installed them when they arrived.
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## Transfering Arch to the New ssds
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After installing new nvme ssds, I booted the Dell Precision 3561 from my rescue disk,
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and also plugged in the thumbdrive on which my Arch system was installed.
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### Formatting The New NVME ssds
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I opened each nvme ssd in `gdisk`, created a new _gpt_ partition table,
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an 1GB _efi_ partition (type ef00), and for the remainder of each disk
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created a Linux Raid Parition (type fd00).
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* I formatted one of the _efi_ partitions:
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* `mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1`
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* I created a _raid_ array:
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* `mdadm --create --verbose --level=1 --metadata=1.2 --raid-devices=2 /dev/md0 /dev/nvme0n1p2 /dev/nvme1n1p2`
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* I luks-encrypted the new _raid_ array:
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* `luksFormat -y -v /dev/md0`
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* I opened the new luks device:
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* `cryptsetup open /dev/md0 cryptroot`
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* And then Formatted it:
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* `mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/cryptroot`
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### Copying the _efi_ partition files to NVME ssd
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* I mounted the thumbdrive's _efi_ partition:
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* `mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt2`
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* Then I mounted the laptop's _efi_ partition:
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* `mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt`
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* And copied to files to the new _efi_ partition:
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* `cp -av /mnt2/* /mnt/`
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* And then I unmounted both _efi_ partitions:
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* `umount /mnt2 ; umount /mnt`
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### Copying the `/` partition files to the new NVME ssds
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* First I opened the `/` luks device on the thumbdrive:
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* `cryptsetup open /dev/sdb2 cryptroot2`
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* And then mounted it:
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* `mount /dev/mapper/cryptroot2 /mnt2`
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* Then I mounted the laptop's `/` luks device:
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* `mount /dev/mapper/cryptroot /mnt`
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* And `rsynced` the operating system files onto the new laptop:
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* `rsync -aAXvPH /mnt2/ /mnt/`
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## Rescuing The New Laptop via _Chroot_
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* First I unmounted the thumbdrive:
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* `umount /mnt2`
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* Then I mounted the _efi_ partition relative to `/mnt`:
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* `mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot`
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* And entered _chroot_;
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* `arch-chroot /mnt`
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### Updating `fstab` for The New Laptop
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* I used to the following command to discover the UUID of the `/` device:
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* `blkid /dev/mapper/cryptroot`
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* And a similar command to find the UUID of the _efi_ partition:
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* `blkid /dev/nvme0n1p1`
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* Then I editted `/etc/fstab` to describe the above two UUIDs.
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```cfg
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# /etc/fstab
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# /dev/mapper/cryptroot
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UUID=3486b7d1-ccc9-43dc-b8ab-abcf71aea90f / xfs rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=32k,sunit=32,swidth=256,noquota 0 1
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# /dev/nvme0n1p1
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UUID=9FE0-2A98 /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 2
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...
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```
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### Updating `mdadm.conf` and `mkinitcpio.conf`
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When I boot the laptop, the initramfs must assemble the raid array, which requires
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the following configuration details.
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I appended a description of the raid array to the bottom of `/etc/mdadm.conf` by
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running the following command.
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```bash
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mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm.conf
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```
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Then I editted `/etc/mkinitcpio.conf` to require the _mdadm_udev_ hook.
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```cfg
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# /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
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...
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# change this
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HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt filesystems keyboard fsck)
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# to this
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HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block mdadm_udev encrypt filesystems keyboard fsck)
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...
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```
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And then finally rebuilt the _initramfs_:
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```bash
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mkinitcpio -P
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```
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### Updating the `systemd-boot` Entry for the New Laptop
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The final step was to update `/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf`.
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As explained above, the initramfs assembles the raid device,
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so I just need to tell the kernel about it.
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I used the following command to discover the UUID of the _raid1_ device:
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* `blkid /dev/md0`
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And then updated `/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf` accordingly.
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```cfg
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title arch
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linux /vmlinuz-linux
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initrd /intel-ucode.img
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initrd /initramfs-linux.img
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options cryptdevice=UUID=48f782a9-6c1b-4242-84f9-66b20ff27845:cryptroot root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot rw quiet loglevel=3
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```
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- "Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 6": posts/ansible-kvm-router-lab-part-6.md
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- "Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 5": posts/ansible-kvm-router-lab-part-5.md
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- "Ansible KVM Router Lab Part 4": posts/ansible-kvm-router-lab-part-4.md
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