On Thu, 2023-01-19 at 19:56 +0000, Tixy wrote: > > Surely it's also straightforward to just copy the data in the partition > then resize the filesystem... > > cp /dev/sdX1 /dev/sdY1 > resize2fs /dev/sdY1 > > Assuming you've already partitioned the target disk /dev/sdY to how you > want it. (And assuming the filesystem is ext2..ext4)
Addendum: If you want to check the copy is successful (good idea) you can cmp /dev/sdX1 /dev/sdY1 before resizing it.