The problem you are going to run into is that when G4U makes a complete image of the drive, it copies all the partition data along with the all the file access stuff, so the file system is going to think its living on a 360 gig drive, where in fact its only on a 120. The obvious problem with that is that as soon as the drive is told to write to a sector beyond its current set, all hell is going to break loose.
What you may be able to do is go through those steps, then boot Knoppix or some LiveCD with parted on it, and resize the drive, or use one of the pay-fors like Partition Magic. Hope this helps. Matt Smollinger Application Engineer for Convergence Technology AdvancedAV Advanced Technologies Group -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert L Cochran Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 5:56 PM To: g4u-help Subject: [g4u-help] Cloning 359 Gb Drive to 120 Gb Drive I would like to clone my 359 Gb SATA drive to a smaller 120 Gb EIDE drive. The larger drive is only 19% used (62 of 359 Gb) according to df. Yes, I'm using Linux -- actually Fedora Core 5. I know from reading the g4u documentation that trying to clone a larger sized drive to a smaller one is likely to run into problems. I am wondering if I can work around this. Here is what I propose to do. Write zeroes to the unused space in the larger hard drive, just as documented on the g4u website: dd if=/dev/zero of=/0bits bs=20971520 # bs=20m rm /0bits Install the smaller EIDE drive Run g4u release 2.3. This should give me only a 62 Gb image on the 120 Gb hard drive. Am I correct in thinking this? Thanks for any help! Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ g4u-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and then destroy the message. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ADVANCED AUDIO VISUAL. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. ADVANCED AUDIO VISUAL accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ g4u-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help
