On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Am 08.11.2012 12:12 schrieb <j...@jdm.myzen.co.uk>: > >> I am about to change my hard drive on my machine from a 500GB to 2tb. >> >> To transfer I intend to dd the partitions across and then resize using >> lvm as home swap var are located on lvm. >> >> Is this the right approach or would you recommend another method? >> >> John D Maunder. > > 2tb drive probably different sector size. cp -auv recommended. >
I agree, best approach is to partition and format the new drive as new, and then copy the files. This will also help you start your new disk with a lack of fragmentation.
