OT? move os and app from HD to usb

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 at 21:34, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:
>
> I have a working mint hard drive (spinning) with an app that I want to
> move, mint and app together, to a usb stick. I have both and have
> looked for info on doing this but have seen conflicting and sometimes
> mistaken advice given.
>
> Can anyone please refer me to working instructions?
>
> The source partition is ext3 of 42 GB, 20 in use, target USB is 32 GB
> FAT32, can be reformatted ok, no useful data on it. The object is to
> have a working bootable clone of the HD setup on the stick.

Tricky. Might work.

My suggestion would be:

Do a P2V migration first. Many of the steps and skills are the same
and it will be great practice. Copy your HD installation into a
virtual machine and get it running again.

Once you can do that, the slower but trickier job of moving it to USB
will be much easier.

Also, build a new clean install on USB. It's also non trivial but
worthwhile as a learning exercise. I wrote a blog post on how to do
this:
https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/50416.html

Old but not significantly dated unless you're running a UEFI machine
off a GPT disk with no BIOS emulation or in Safe Boot mode, or worst
of all, all 3.

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