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Void the shrink and dual-boot phases: fw13 is a standard destructive swap
Author: Max Johnson <me@maxj.phd> · 2026-09-03 17:14 UTC
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1 1 # Cutover runbook: fw13, Pop!_OS to Alloy
2 2
3 + > **Phases 2 and 3 below are void, 2026-09-03.** They describe a shrink of `nvme0n1p3` or an
4 + > external root, with Pop kept bootable as the way back. Max ruled out dual boot on 2026-08-27
5 + > and ruled out buying a drive on 2026-09-03: fw13 is a standard destructive swap on its current
6 + > drive, and the way back is the data hot potato, not a partition. Do not shrink anything on
7 + > this machine. The plan of record is wiki `alloy-fleet-cutover`; this file is rewritten to it
8 + > under GoingsOn alloy `5892fc62`.
9 + >
10 + > Two figures below are also stale, measured 2026-09-03: `/` is 94% full with 107G free, not
11 + > 798G, and fprintd plus fprintd-pam are in the image (`Containerfile:1637`) rather than absent.
12 +
3 13 This file answers one question. What is the order of operations that moves fw13 from Pop!_OS 24.04 to Alloy without stopping releases, and what is the way back at each step if it goes wrong.
4 14
5 15 Companion to [HARDWARE-FW13.md](HARDWARE-FW13.md), which records what the machine is, and to [IMAGE.md](IMAGE.md), which records how the image is built. The migration ordering and the two genuinely unknown hardware facts come from wiki `alloy-fw13-migration`. The build-host gap list is GoingsOn alloy task `c4eb6d5e`.