On Jun 24, 2013, at 14:33, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote:

> We have a server Mac mini[1] running OS X 10.6.8 Server as our office mail 
> server, and I need to replace the old internal 1 TB HDD with a new 250GB SDD. 
> The internal HDD has two 500GB partitions, but only the 1st partition is 
> used, and only 70 GB at that.

Are you sure? The 10.6 era mini server has 2x500GB drives.

> Does this plan sound reasonable:
> 
> 1. Place the SDD in an external drive enclosure and format it as Mac OS 
> Extended Journaled.
> 2. Make an image(?) copy of the HDD drive's 1st partition onto the SDD (how?)

Disk Utility. Or dd.

> 3. Physically swap out the HDD with the SDD.

This is the tricky part.

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