Thank you Peter,
However, with dump/restore I couldn't change my filesystem from
ext2 to reiserfs, could I?
Then here is my proposed mini how-to and, please, see if it's
right:
1- Install new bigger HD
2- Format (with reiserfs in my case) and mount it
3- copy whole old HD to the new one
(but how? With a simple 'cp', 'cpio', 'dd' or 'dump'?)
3- Run 'mkinitrd' and lilo
4- Pray
I would ask to anyone else look too this, please.
Bye,
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Peter Stokes wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
--
-----------------------
Alan Wilter S. da Silva
-----------------------
Laboratório de Física Biológica
Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho
Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
