From: Monsieur@notreal.invalid   
      
   Gordon wrote:   
      
   > A bit of clarity   
   >   
   > Two ways to clone the partition. 1) Copy the source to the destination. 2)   
   > is to backup the partition by copying the source files and placing them in a   
   > directory after compression.   
      
   "Backup" or "copy" does not mean "change". If a partition suddenly   
   becomes smaller after copying/cloning it, then either Clonezilla has   
   done something to it (which it shouldn't do) or Clonezilla can't do math.   
      
      
   > I use Clonezilla the second way to the point that I have in my mind that is   
   > all that Clonezilla does. Clearly it does more than this as there are menu   
   > items. Thus I think we have a misunderstanding.   
   >   
   > Your picture at https://auslink.info/linux/rz.jpg shows the problem. 5....   
   > 88864 bytes vs 5 ...80160 bytes or 8704 bytes difference.   
      
   That is not my picture, mine is here:   
   https://i.postimg.cc/1RNsQp8B/Clonezilla.png   
      
   Ok, it shows MB instead of bytes, so the exact byte count may not add   
   up. But if so, why not? Why did my partition suddenly become smaller? It   
   doesn't make any sense.   
      
      
   > There is an agreed issue that it is not possible to clone to a smaller   
   > partition even if the active data does. One just has to accept this.   
      
   I accept that Clonezilla is an amateurish and potentially dangerous   
   piece of software, I am never letting it near my partitions again.   
      
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