April 28, 2014 · ubuntu arch clone partition migrate
Migrating your arch linux EFI edition
pretty simple, works with windows 8.x, ubuntu 13.10 and Arch
Clone the partition
dd if=/dev/source of=/dev/dest bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerror,sync
change source to source drive and dest to destination drive
Install grub2 efi boot manager
boot into a live cd (uefi mode)
mount /dev/sda1 /boot
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/ --bootloader-id=grub --recheck --debug
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg