I'd just use tar . . .

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Jason Kridner <[email protected]>
wrote:

> It would be helpful to know how far you are off. That is, can you just
> resize the partition or do you need to remove some content first? If
> you really need to do a block-by-block copy, the debian resize2fs tool
> can be used to shrink the partition ahead of updating the partition
> table.[2] You'd need a bootable microSD card (non-flasher!!) to
> perform the resize operation.
>
> Typically, if you are working from an image that has
>
> /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/beaglebone-black-make-microSD-flasher-from-eMMC.sh[1],
> then you'd simply want to run that script on BBB1 to write the image
> to a microSD card and then boot that microSD card on BBB2 to write to
> the eMMC. This copies the appropriate files, but partitions and
> formats the destination eMMC rather than doing a block-by-block copy
> that could be why your image doesn't fit.
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/beaglebone-black-make-microSD-flasher-from-eMMC.sh
> [2] http://lmgtfy.com/?q=shrink+partition+resize2fs
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 6:06 AM, Fohnbit <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello Joe,
> >
> > I need to backup eMMC from BBB1 and restore it on eMMC on BBB2.
> > I have 2 BBB. One of the BBB has a different eMMC Chip and can“t copy the
> > image from BBB1 to BBB2, because of insufficient space on BBB2.
> >
> > So I want to decrease the Image of BBB1.
> >
> > But not sure if it work with dd ?
> >
> >
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