Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)?

From	ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject	Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)?
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Date	2022-05-19 13:08 -0500

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In comp.os.linux.help Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 19. Mai 2022, um 09:57:37 Uhr schrieb Ant:

> > What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA
> > HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going
> > to wipe it clean)? Yes, SSD is smaller but my Debian's installation
> > only uses about 8 GB. I installed Debian use the whole 320 GB drive.
> > I'll still be using the same 13 yrs. old PC.

> This PC likely doesn't have UEFI, that makes it easier.
> You need to reduce the size of you current partition so it fits on the
> new installation. This also affects the size of the file system. You
> can use GParted for that in a live system bootet from USB.
> Then you can create a new msdos partition table on your SSD and then
> clone the partition (not entire disk, so /dev/sdXN instead of just
> /dev/sdX) with dd. You should do some research about the alignment of
> that partition because if that is not correct the speed will be worse.
> You should also specify the block size in dd.

That sounds complex. :/
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What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-05-19 09:57 -0500
  Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-05-19 16:16 +0100
  Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2022-05-19 17:54 +0200
    Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-05-19 13:08 -0500
  Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Parodper <parodper@disroot.org> - 2022-05-19 18:06 +0200
  Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2022-05-19 19:29 +0300
  Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-05-19 14:17 -0500
    Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-05-19 14:52 -0500
    Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-05-22 20:08 -0500
      Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-05-22 21:01 -0500
        Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-05-22 23:53 -0400
          Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-05-22 23:11 -0500
            Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-05-22 23:20 -0500
            Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2022-05-23 10:34 +0300
            Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-05-24 22:14 -0400
              Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2022-05-24 22:53 -0400
                Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-05-25 03:00 -0500
                Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-05-25 23:55 -0400
          Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-05-22 23:14 -0500
      Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2022-05-23 17:36 +0300
  Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-05-19 12:32 -0700
    Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-05-20 12:06 +0100
  Re: What's the best and easy way to copy/move my old slow 320 GB SATA HDD's updated Debian bullseye v11.3 to an old fast 115 GB SSD (going to wipe it clean)? James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.com> - 2022-05-19 21:04 -0700

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