Am 2015-10-06 um 09:28 schrieb Neil Bothwick:

> I did have a problem enlarging the ESP when I tried a while ago, it
> just wouldn't boot so I ended up deleting and recreating it.

I will do that on the SSD, yes.

>> Right now I just have to retry: clone the hdd to the ssd then
>> restart the gparted-steps.
>> 
>> Or is there a clever way to copy the whole btrfs over into a
>> fresh and slightly smaller partition while keeping its UUID
>> intact?
> 
> How about btrfs send/receive? I've never used them but used the
> equivalent with ZFS and it was simple to do.

I think "btrfs-replace" is my friend. Will try that later.

> When you do repartition the disk, I'd suggest putting swap
> immediately after the ESP. That way, if you want to fiddle with the
> size of the ESP again, you only have to touch swap, not your main
> btrfs volume.

Good advice, will follow that, thanks.


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