Am 08.11.2012 17:37, schrieb Paul Hartman: > 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. >
+1 Of course, a simple cp -auv /* /new_root won't suffice because of proc, sys and friends. I prefer mount --bind / /real_root cp -auv /real_root/* /new_root Regards, Florian Philipp
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