I have a Rocky Linux 8.7 that operates well. The thing is that the whole OS is 9GB all together but it sits on a 120GB (vmdk) disk. I wanted to migrate onto a smaller .vmdk. How did I do ? I took a vmdk and set to 20GB. I checked the source disk partitions and created the same structure on the new…

Personally I prefer to use cpio -p (pass-through mode) instead of cp when copying entire partitions. It tends to do a better job with things like devices, sockets, etc. If those are missing, it tends to cause problems. Something like find | cpio -pdm Then cross check that all files are there a…

Migration of Rocky 8.7 from a large .vmdk to a smaller one

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Migration of Rocky 8.7 from a large .vmdk to a smaller one

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