Ghost and Partition magic will both automatically resize Linux ext2 partitions for you... The problem is that if the /boot partition is beyond the 1024 track limit (does this still apply anyone?). You should make a Linux boot disk then use Ghost to transfer your partitions to the larger drive. If you have a separate /boot partition you'll have no trouble running Lilo after booting from a floppy to get Linux to recognize the new partition sizes for the boot up. I've done this and it works. -JMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Franki |Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:19 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: [newbie] WoooHooo!!! Hard disk upgrade, but now a problem. | | |Thanks Guys, I will think hard and work out what the best method is.. | |I have a CD with all the updates on it, so I might just tar a |few directories and go with that.... | |if I did go with something like Ghost, then I'd just have to |redo all the partition sizes to work with the new drive anyway.. | |so it might be better to just do a fresh install... | |I'll see how I go I guess.. | | |Thanks again, | | |rgds | |Frank | |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme |Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2001 5:15 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lin; Franki |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] WoooHooo!!! Hard disk upgrade, but now a problem. | | | |> |> On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Franki wrote: |> > Hi all, |> > |> > I have just got the opportunity to swap my Western Digital 20gig |> > 7200rpm (three month old) drive,, and I have chosen a 61.4 gig IBM |> > 7200rpm drive to replace it, (also upgrading the box to 512mb |> > ram,,,,) |> > |> > I have heard many bad things about the WD harddisks, so when a |> > friend needed a new big hard drive for his 233mmx system, I did a |> > deal and now |I |> > am rearing to go with the IBM. |> > should make a nice combo,,,, |> > |> > But I don't want to have to reinstall the whole thing |again if I can |> > avoid it.... |> > |> > The 20 gig is currently divided into partitions like /tmp /home |> > /var/ /usr etc etc... and running Reiserefs everywhere possible. |> > |> > In windows systems, I used Ghost many times to just mirror the old |drives |> > onto the new ones,,,,,, |> > |> > |> > Is there anything at all like that for linux? |> > |> > I hate the idea of the hours I am gonna waste getting it |all perfect |> > again on the new drive (the old one, install is 2 months |old, got it |> > perfect and it has an uptime of over a month now. (web and mail |> > server)) , so I was hoping there was a shortcut I could make...to |> > save me the reload.... any ideas? |> > |> > |> > |> > any suggestions would be much appreciated. |> > |> > |> > kindest regards |> > |> > |> > Frank | |Well you can make exact copies with | |dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc | |Or you can make some bigger partitions on your new drive and |use this on a mounted partition by partition basis | |cp -a /usr/* /newusr/ | |Whewre you edit your partition table to include the |partitions you have made on your target drive into the table |on your current drive (and you make the partitions in the same |order if not the same size so that /newusr is hdc8 if /usr is hda8. | |Once done with that, you put hdc in primary master position, |boot from the rescue CD by the usual method, and | |# mount /dev/hdax /mnt # x is the number of your root |partition # chroot /mnt # /sbin/lilo # sync | |Then hit the reset switch and remove the CD. You will be |nbooting in business. | |Civileme | | | | |
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