On Thu, 2023-01-19 at 20:34 +0100, DdB wrote: > Am 19.01.2023 um 19:49 schrieb Tom Browder: > > On my main PC, I would like to clone my boot drive onto another disk for > > 2 reasons: > > > > 1. Use a larger disk for the main drive > > 2. Create an emergency recovery disk > > > > A new Debian package to me is "partclone". Questions: > > > > + Can that be used for both purposes? > > > > + Can it do a complete clone on an active disk? Or do I need a live CD > > or USB stick? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Tom > When i set up a similar job on my neighbor's home comp, i chose > http://www.fsarchiver.org/ > Straightforward, yet flexible, can deal with resizing partition(s) and > such. I use it from a live DVD, that is available thru grub menu, no > media involved.
Surely it's also straightforward to just copy the data in the partition then resize the filesystem... cp /dev/sdX1 /dev/sdY1 resize2fs /dev/sdY1 Assuming you've already partitioned the target disk /dev/sdY to how you want it. (And assuming the filesystem is ext2..ext4) -- Tixy
