Subj : Re: Move bookworm system from SSD to NVME To : Ahem A Rivet's Shot From : The Natural Philosopher Date : Fri Aug 16 2024 14:17:04 On 16/08/2024 13:46, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:04:26 +0200 > Jesper wrote: > >> raspberrypi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/nvme0n1 bs=1b >> dd: error writing '/nvme0n1': No space left on device > > Your command is missing a /dev it should be: > > sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1b No. Again 2 things wroing. /dev/nvme0 is the RAW device. bs=1M is correct for decent transfer rate > > The "no space on device" error comes because without the /dev dd is > attempting to write a file called nvme0n1 in / but since / runs out of > space before it finishes the file is never closed and thus no directory > entry is written which is why yuou never see it. > > Also I don't think bs=1b is likely to be a good blocksize (1 > byte). If the version of dd you're using doesn't support bs=1m then try > bs=1024k or be=1048576. The idea is to get it to use the largest block size > (and thus writes) that the data path will support. > bs=1M is sensible. 1Mib. -- Renewable energy: Expensive solutions that don't work to a problem that doesn't exist instituted by self legalising protection rackets that don't protect, masquerading as public servants who don't serve the public. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .