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Tal
Asked: 2018-10-13 00:24:18 +0800 CST

How to copy and restore to smaller partition

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I want to copy a partition from hd to another with small partition.

Must be:

  • support ext4 file system
  • can create image file for later use.
  • compress images files
  • copy only the used file system
  • restore to smaller and bigger partition in destination hd

Optional:

  • Have network connection to one of the following protocol: ftp, sftp, ftps, webdad nfs
  • support other file system: ntfs, fat32, ext3, ext2
  • has a gui

I already see this questions and answer, but my question is more specific, and no good answers that help me.
other topic i already see:
How to clone to a smaller harddisk?
Cloning hard disk partition to smaller SSD on laptop
Clone internal HDD to new SSD

software-recommendation boot partitioning ext4 clone

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    My best solution for me is here:
    boot with live cd with ubuntu 18-04.
    enable "Universe" repository: enter image description here
    install sshfs: sudo apt-get install sshfs
    sshfs if you want to save or restore from remote server that has sftp protocol.
    install qt5-fsarchiver from here: qt5-fsarchiver.
    The project call qt4-fsarchiver.
    fsarchiver has all the must thing i need:
    FSArchiver ability

    Must be:

    • "Ability to save/restore new generation linux filesystems (ext4, reiser4, btrfs)"
    • "Ability to restore the filesystem to a partition which is smaller than the original"
    • "Ability to restore the filesystem to a partition which is bigger than the original"
    • "Compression algorithms which are supported"

    The optional stuff came from qt4-fsarchiver project and ubuntu live cd:

    Optional:

    • qt4-fsarchiver has gui.
    • ubuntu nautilus has network connection: ftp, ftps, sftp, nfs, webdav.
      (it was hard for me that qt5-fsarchiver will find the virtual folder of sftp or ftps, so i use sshfs)
    • use sshfs for mount sftp remote server
    • fsarchiver also support ext2, ext3, fat32, ntfs:
      "Ability to save/restore standard linux filesystems (ext2, ext3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs)"
      "Ability to save/restore windows ntfs filesystems"
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