<div dir="ltr"><div>The version of Raspian you use is tied to the Pi's model. I just ordered one of those new 8gb Pi 4's earlier today and the website read me the riot act on making sure I have the right version of the OS..</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 18:21, Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>So here is the situation: I have two Raspberry Pi. One is the older B model and the other is the Pi 2.</div><div>Both run Raspbian.</div><div><br></div><div>The new one runs an application that uses a database and writes a lot to the SD card in it.</div><div>Before that card fails silently, like all flash media does, I want to replace it with another one. <br></div><div><br></div><div>But I don't want to make a mirror copy of the old SD card, because it was created with the full desktop</div><div>Raspbian, and I want to take the opportunity to slim things down and use the lite version on the new</div><div>card.</div><div><br></div><div>So I downloaded and dd'd the latest Raspbian lite image to the new SD card. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is the question: this has no filesystems on it, and I think that Raspbian will ask a few questions</div><div>upon booting and then repartition the SD card ...etc. <br></div><div>Is this process of repartitioning tied in any way to the model of the Pi? In other words, can I do this</div><div>process on the lesser model, then copy stuff from the higher model, then shutdown and swap the <br></div><div>cards?<br></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com" target="_blank">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br>Fast Reliable Drupal<br>Drupal performance optimization, hosting and consulting.<br>"Sooner or later, this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." -- Dr. Carl Sagan</div></div></div>
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