since your hard disk is dying, I think you should backup your important file instead of dd the whole disk to the new one.
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Gary Gatling <gsgat...@ncsu.edu> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Regards! Li Yong Email: york...@gmail.com Cell Phone: 13064787950 MSN Messenger: sany...@hotmail.com Skype: sanyork
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