On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i am sure that is note the case, > the only requirement is that the target media is the > same size or larger?
Indeed. Most filesystems, including ext2, are independent of the disk geometry. So you can "dd" _partitions_ (eg /dev/hda1) from smaller to larger disks, then add additional partitions if you want to take advantage of the extra space. The geometry is only relevant is you want to "dd" entire disks (eg /dev/hda). Alternatively you can tar the whole system -- slightly more work, but allows you to unpack on a differently-sized partition. Zak Kipling Girton College Cambridge, UK.
