1. Get a Knoppix CD image
2. Burn the image onto a CD
3. Boot the system, using the CD (with both disks attached)
4. Use fdisk (or cfdisk) to get the partition info from the current disk
5. Use fdisk (or cfdisk) to create partitions of identical sizes and types on the new disk
6. Use dd to copy the raw data from each partition on the old disk to the corresponding partition on the new disk
7. Use leftover space on new disk to create larger partitions, if desired
8. Copy files from old partition to new; newest versions of Knoppix support all windows and linux partition and fs types
Repeat 7+8 as necessary
Note: Fedora doesn't play well with ReiserFS or full Ext3 partitions.
Alternatively, PartitionMagic (~$50 at CompUSA) can copy partitions from one disk to another, I think. It can also resize partitions without the tedious back-and-forth required in steps 7 and 8 above. PartitionMagic also handles linux partitions and ext2 fs.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Rick Shepherd
Sent: Fri 11/5/2004 7:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [RLUG] Larger hard drive
I have a customer who wants to move to a larger hard drive on his Fedora
Core 2 box. I have tried (and failed) to use Ghost on Linux partitions in
the past despite what the documentation claims. With that in mind is there
an effective way to copy an existing drive to a new, larger drive without
screwing things up? If the partitions were NTFS or FAT32 I could use Ghost
but EXT2/3 gives me more of a challenge.
Of course I need to take advantage of the entire new drive once the
migration takes place so it cannot just copy the partition.
Rick Shepherd
President
Synux Technologies Incorporated
www.synux.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reno: 775-337-1466
South Lake Tahoe 530-542-9473
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