From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 04/08/2024 13:13, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 04/08/2024 00:30, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >> I've used the "conv=fsync" option to dd so that sync is done   
   >> automatically. Since the man page is rather vague about it, I did   
   >> a web search to double check that I wasn't imagining things and   
   >   
   > Apropos of not too much, I finally got around to copying my old 120GB Pi   
   > boot disk to an image file, and splatting that back onto a 2TB SSD that   
   > now has according to a GUI based disk editor shitloads of 'unused' space.   
   >   
   > (The reason I didnt do it directly was on account of a lack of   
   > functional and accessible USB slots in the computer I used.)   
   >   
   > All looks ok, with a bootfs and a rootfs partition on it,  but I haven't   
   > actually booted it yet.   
   >   
   > I didn't sync it, I went to the supermarket instead, and left it   
   > running, and then left it running on the second transfer while I had the   
   > evening meal.   
   >   
   > It appears to be OK   
   >   
   > More later... I overslept badly and it may be Monday before more gets done.   
   >   
   >   
   Tried to reboot the thing and it failed, although it managed to get as   
   far as system maintenance mode.   
      
   Using that mode I then removed all the disks no longer attached, from   
   fstab, and its now at a normal login prompt!   
      
   Next step was to partition the spare space and reattach the second drive   
      
   So dd et al work perfectly as far as I can tell. when applied to the raw   
   disk   
      
   I don't know why it barfed on having disks mentioned in fstab that   
   didn't exist (yet) but it is another thing to be aware of when migrating   
   a system   
      
   --   
   "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign,   
   that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."   
      
   Jonathan Swift.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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