[kwlug-disc] Raspbian Question

[CrankyOldBugger]

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..


On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 18:21, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> So here is the situation: I have two Raspberry Pi. One is the older B
> model and the other is the Pi 2.
> Both run Raspbian.
>
> The new one runs an application that uses a database and writes a lot to
> the SD card in it.
> Before that card fails silently, like all flash media does, I want to
> replace it with another one.
>
> But I don't want to make a mirror copy of the old SD card, because it was
> created with the full desktop
> Raspbian, and I want to take the opportunity to slim things down and use
> the lite version on the new
> card.
>
> So I downloaded and dd'd the latest Raspbian lite image to the new SD
> card.
>
> Here is the question: this has no filesystems on it, and I think that
> Raspbian will ask a few questions
> upon booting and then repartition the SD card ...etc.
> Is this process of repartitioning tied in any way to the model of the Pi?
> In other words, can I do this
> process on the lesser model, then copy stuff from the higher model, then
> shutdown and swap the
> cards?
> --
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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