I’m not coming up with a lot of useful (clear) results when searching for a solution to this issue.

Is it OK to simply dd the 128GB disk to the 32GB disk using count to stop after the 16GB partition was cloned?

A bit more context: I had to clone a 16GB eMMC and only had a 128GB SD around. Now I purchased a 32GB eMMC and want to clone it again. The partition holds a root filesystem for an ARMv8 device. I don’t have the 16GB eMMC anymore, that would have been the easy way out.

  • Lucy :3
    3·
    5 hours ago

    Could be - just try it ig. And even if not, just create a new partition on the 32 GB disk and then dd it over.

      • Lucy :3
        2·
        5 hours ago

        If it’s normal files, yeah. If the partition is complicated to replicate, or encrypted etc., then just dd’ing the partition would be easier