I think I can manage to work out the grub stuff. Is it possible to guarantee all data will be copied exactly or is that what the -a option does? -- Ryan Ralph ryanralph1...@gmail.com
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Matthew Hannigan <m...@zip.com.au> wrote: > I'd use the -a option to cp rather than dd. > dd preservies/copies far more than you want or need, and requires > you to resize afterwards. > > So.. > > > cd source && cp -a . destination > > > Are you ok with the grub stuff? > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:06:44AM +1100, Ryan Ralph wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Was just wondering if someone could explain to me how the best way to go > > about backing up my setup at the moment. > > > > What I need to do is do is take a "ghost image" (windows term) of my > 120gb > > hard drive that ubuntu is currently installed on and then restore it onto > > one of my newer 500gb drives. > > > > I was thinking that I could try using dd, copy the backup to one of the > > 500gb drives, then restore it to the other 500gb drive and resize the > > partition if required. This seems like it would be quite time consuming. > > > > Does anyone know a better way? If not could someone please explain what > > commands I would need to use for dd? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > -- > > Ryan Ralph > > ryanralph1...@gmail.com > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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