I have x86 dietpi running fine but foolishly it’s on a 1TB SSD. Now I realise I don’t need all that storage and I could use the drive elsewhere, I need to swap in a 120GB SSD.
TBH even 120GB is overkill
So how do I go about making a 1 to 1 backup on the new drive, and ensure it will boot?
There are 2 websites, various database’s, PiHole with a lot of settings, and a couple of other things and personal tweaks that would take an age to re-apply (I can’t remember all the changes I made!)
Thank Joulinar, sadly something went VERY wrong, windows dropped the drive (attached via USB) during the process of making the IMG file. Result - corrupt IMG file and corrupt drive.
Looks like I have no choice but to start fresh again
I’m 99% there…
Actually Joulinar, I made a backup - dietpi-backup before I started, would that restore all my settings, it would save me setting up again. I mean I’ve set the software back up, but there’s a lot of tweaking to be done with apache servers etc, and I don’t want the pain!
Would a dietpi-restore have saved me all the trouble?
Yes, it should work with these steps (assuming your backup is on a USB device):
Set up a new DietPi system with the smaller SSD
Connect the USB device with your DietPi backup located on it to the new DietPi system
Mount the USB device via dietpi-drive_manager
Start dietpi-backup
Set the location of the backup to the mounting point of the USB device
If you set the location correctly, dietpi-backup reports the date of the last backup (on the USB device) in its header. If not, the backup location is not set correctly
