Subj : Re: Move bookworm system from SSD to NVME
To   : The Natural Philosopher
From : The Natural Philosopher
Date : Sun Aug 04 2024 20:16:16

On 04/08/2024 13:13, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 04/08/2024 00:30, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> I've used the "conv=fsync" option to dd so that sync is done
>> automatically. Since the man page is rather vague about it, I did
>> a web search to double check that I wasn't imagining things and
>
> Apropos of not too much, I finally got around to copying my old 120GB Pi
> boot disk to an image file, and splatting that back onto a 2TB SSD that
> now has according to a GUI based disk editor shitloads of 'unused' space.
>
> (The reason I didnt do it directly was on account of a lack of
> functional and accessible USB slots in the computer I used.)
>
> All looks ok, with a bootfs and a rootfs partition on it,  but I haven't
> actually booted it yet.
>
> I didn't sync it, I went to the supermarket instead, and left it
> running, and then left it running on the second transfer while I had the
> evening meal.
>
> It appears to be OK
>
> More later... I overslept badly and it may be Monday before more gets done.
>
>
Tried to reboot the thing and it failed, although it managed to get as
far as system maintenance mode.

Using that mode I then removed all the disks no longer attached, from
fstab, and its now at a normal login prompt!

Next step was to partition the spare space and reattach the second drive

So dd et al work perfectly as far as I can tell. when applied to the raw
disk

I don't know why it barfed on having disks mentioned in fstab that
didn't exist (yet) but it is another thing to be aware of when migrating
a system

--
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign,
that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."

Jonathan Swift.

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