> > But I was thinking: if my old drive is 200 Gb and my new drive is 320 > > Gb, what happens to the partition table? That is, the old partition > > table will refer to a 200 Gb disk, on a 320 Gb disk. What happens to the > > 120 Gb left? Are they recognized as an empty partition? Are they left > > unrecognized? > > > > Maybe I should just dd the MBR and then repartition the disk and use cp > > for the rest. > > You'll need to fdisk it with a LiveCD and delete the old small partition, then > create a new one in its place occupying the rest of the new larger disk. *BE > VERY CAREFUL* to start the new partition *exactly* where the old one starts. > Finally, reboot (to read the new partition table) and resize the fs to fit > the expanded available physical space.
Hmm. Guess I'll just dd the 512-mb grub bootloader and then proceed by copying everything in new partitions, all from a livecd. m. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
