Forgot to mention I did this from a install DVD in rescue mode for RHEL 5. On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Gary Gatling <gsgat...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> Hello, > > I did this recently with a RHEL 5 laptop. The disk wasn't failing though. > It was just smaller than I would have liked. > > Left the old drive in place and put new drive in usb device that connects > two sata drives, either laptop or desktop. The one we bought fits either > type... > > What worked best for me was: > > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=100M > > because I was in a hurry and the new disk was 1 TB. > > Because I used lvm on that disk I had to do a bunch of stuff to "grow" > everything to fill the new disk. But if you don't care about any extra space > you might not need that last part. If you don't use lvm I think you can just > use a gparted live DVD or live CD and increase your partiation sizes. > > Cheers, > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Mirko Vukovic <mirko.vuko...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> The drive /dev/sda on which the kernel, root, and RHEL in general live is >> slowly dying (based on smartctl). I have the replacement drive in hand. >> >> Is the following possible? >> >> - put the replacement drive into an empty bay >> - clone /dev/sda onto it like: *dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdc >> *- move the new drive into the /dev/sda drive bay >> >> Or is there another preferable solution? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Mirko >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rhelv5-list mailing list >> rhelv5-list@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list >> >> >
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