Assuming you are cloning from /dev/sda to a smaller size disk, /dev/sdb: First clone /dev/sda to /dev/sdb using weresync. Then make /dev/sdb bootable using the following commands: mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sysimagemount –bind /sys /mnt/sysimage/sysmount –bind /dev /mnt/sysimage/devmount –bind /proc /mnt/sysimage/procmount –bind /run /mnt/sysimage/runsystemctl start multipathd.servicechroot /mnt/sysimagecp -p /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img.bakdracut -fgrub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfggrub2-install /dev/sdbsyncumount /mnt/sysimage/runumount… Continue reading Cloning a CentOS 7 Disk to Reduce it’s size