On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 05:01, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > Thank you Peter, > > However, with dump/restore I couldn't change my filesystem from > ext2 to reiserfs, could I? > > Then here is my proposed mini how-to and, please, see if it's > right: > > 1- Install new bigger HD > 2- Format (with reiserfs in my case) and mount it > 3- copy whole old HD to the new one > (but how? With a simple 'cp', 'cpio', 'dd' or 'dump'?)
I always do this with cp -a -- I also do it in runlevel 1 or from a restore disk depending on whether I'm actually copying / or not. > 3- Run 'mkinitrd' and lilo > 4- Pray > > I would ask to anyone else look too this, please. > > Bye, > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Peter Stokes wrote: > > > Hi Alan > > > > dd will only copy block for block normally, so if you are copying from a > > 40Gb disk to an 80Gb, the resulting filesystem will still only be 40Gb. > > > > Much better to use dump/restore etc and reinstall LILO etc to transfer it. > > The other benefit dump/restore is each file is treated as such, rather than > > just a bunch of disk blocks which is a good check that the filesystem > > consistency is good. > > > > If you just want to clone same size disk to disk then you can use dd as a > > short cut, but if you have time go the dump route. > > > > Just my 2p worth, but has worked for me over many years. > > > > Peter > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Wilter Sousa > > da Silva > > Sent: 13 December 2002 11:49 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] clonning HD > > > > > > > > Hi List, > > > > I have an idea about how 'dd' can be powerful. However I don't > > know if it's able to clone my HD to another bigger size one. > > > > If so, how could I do it? > > > > If not, could someone suggest me a programme or something to clone > > a HD with data and whole OS to a new one > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > Cheers, > > > > ----------------------- > > Alan Wilter S. da Silva > > ----------------------- > > Laborat�rio de F�sica Biol�gica > > Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho > > Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ > > Rio de Janeiro, Brasil > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ----------------------- > Alan Wilter S. da Silva > ----------------------- > Laborat�rio de F�sica Biol�gica > Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho > Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ > Rio de Janeiro, Brasil > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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