Subj : Re: Move bookworm system from SSD to NVME To : Jesper From : Ahem A Rivet's Shot Date : Thu Aug 01 2024 17:10:00 On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 17:47:32 +0200 Jesper wrote: > On 01.08.2024 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > > On 01/08/2024 12:31, Jesper wrote: > >> Then the system to copy is on the 2 last lines. Correct? > >> > > No. > > > > In order to preserve the partition information *you must dd the raw > > disk* > > > > dd id=/dev/sda od = /dev/nvme0n1 (or whatever) > > > > That will create a two partition disk with the UUIDS of the partitions > > the same as is mentioned in the boot data: If they don't match it wont > >boot. > > Are you saying that this command (the one right above) will clone the > whole disc, and the job is done? Probably not. When I run "dd --help" on > the system i want to clone, there is no information about the switch > "id" you use in the command. That command is wrong (or for an odd version of dd - but I think it's a finger slip) make that: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1m The add bs=1m will probably work wonders for performance. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/ For forms of government let fools contest Whate're is best administered is best - Alexander Pope --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .