On Mon, 9 May 2022 11:54:16 -0700 David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
> On 5/8/22 18:54, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > > Folks: > > > > Situation: I have a 500G boot drive (root, swap, home) I'd like to > > copy to a new 250G drive which must then also be bootable (yes, > > there's enough room). This are EFI drives. I can use "dd", but I > > don't know the proper parameters, and as I understand it, copying a > > 500G to a 250G drive is Bad(tm). I could use "rsync", but I don't > > think the second 250G drive will boot just because I copied the > > files over to it. I suspect I would have an additional step needed > > to make the drive bootable. > > > > Can someone outline the proper procedure here? > > > Resizing and moving a Debian instance from a 500 GB drive to a 250 GB > drive requires a lot of expertise. > > > I would take the KISS approach -- backup the system configuration > files and data, remove the 500 GB drive, install the 250 GB drive, do > a fresh install onto the 250 GB drive, and reconfigure/ restore. > Unfortunately, this is precisely what I was trying to avoid. For example, to accommodate the graphics on my CPU, I had to use a later kernel from backports. That's one of many wrinkles. Under other circumstances, I probably would do as you advise, but I'm limited on time and was trying to find a shortcut. Paul -- Paul M. Foster Personal Blog: http://noferblatz.com Company Site: http://quillandmouse.com Software Projects: https://gitlab.com/paulmfoster
