Frank McCormick wrote: > > I am planning to replace my 30 gig HD with a bigger drive. At the moment > this is the way hda is setup: > > ~ ---Starting--- ----Ending---- Start Number of > ~ # Flags Head Sect Cyl ID Head Sect Cyl Sector Sectors > -- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------- ----------- > ~ 1 0x00 1 1 0 0x82 14 63 416 63 394002 > ~ 2 0x00 0 1 417 0x83 14 63 1023 394065 31444875 > ~ 3 0x80 14 63 1023 0x83 14 63 1023 31838940 25597215 > ~ 4 0x00 14 63 1023 0x05 14 63 1023 57436155 1163295 > ~ 5 0x00 14 63 1023 0x82 14 63 1023 63 1163232 > > > > > My system boots from hda3 using grub. hda1 and hda5 are swap partitions. > > Whats the best way to get an exact copy of my two Linux systems onto the > new drive? I am not so concerned with the two swap partitions, as I can > create merge them into one on the new HD later. >
You can clone your HDD using Pcopy (or Ddrescue, although I have not tried this). First, copy the partition table using Cfdisk. Details at http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Cloning_a_hard_disc . -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]