Random problems with filesystem corruption.

[Liam Proven]

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 at 17:54, Paul Groves <paul.groves.787 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is no SATA cable. The HDD plugs into a slot on the motherboard and
> it mounted on a caddy that slides out.

What kind of interface is it, then? What connects the caddy to the mobo?

> I have used clonezilla to clone windows PCs to smaller HDDs many times
> as follows:
> Shrink second partition so total use is smaller than destination disk.

OK.

> Clone Source disk to image.

(?) Why the image? Why not clone to the destination disk? Attached via
USB if necessary?

> Restore image to destination disk with clonezilla -icds option

If cloning directly this would not be necessary. Which is why I'm
asking since this step apparently gives the error.

> Expand second partition to fill destination disk.

OK... but if you get the size right in the first place, might not be needed.

Also, what is in /dev/sda1?



-- 
Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven
Email: lproven at cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lproven at gmail.com
Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven
UK: +44 7939-087884 - ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053