Hi Alan dd will only copy block for block normally, so if you are copying from a 40Gb disk to an 80Gb, the resulting filesystem will still only be 40Gb.
Much better to use dump/restore etc and reinstall LILO etc to transfer it. The other benefit dump/restore is each file is treated as such, rather than just a bunch of disk blocks which is a good check that the filesystem consistency is good. If you just want to clone same size disk to disk then you can use dd as a short cut, but if you have time go the dump route. Just my 2p worth, but has worked for me over many years. Peter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva Sent: 13 December 2002 11:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] clonning HD Hi List, I have an idea about how 'dd' can be powerful. However I don't know if it's able to clone my HD to another bigger size one. If so, how could I do it? If not, could someone suggest me a programme or something to clone a HD with data and whole OS to a new one Many thanks in advance, Cheers, ----------------------- Alan Wilter S. da Silva ----------------------- Laboratório de Física Biológica Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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