i always use ddrescue for migrating to another hdd. it is much more comfortable than dd and does not depent on file systems, etc. I always prefer copying on block device level.
On 11/08/2012 03:12 PM, Srdjan Rakic wrote: > I used rsync for that. > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > <volkerar...@googlemail.com <mailto:volkerar...@googlemail.com>> > wrote: > > 2tb drive probably different sector size. cp -auv recommended. > > Am 08.11.2012 12:12 schrieb <j...@jdm.myzen.co.uk > <mailto:j...@jdm.myzen.co.uk>>: > > I am about to change my hard drive on my machine from a 500GB to > 2tb. > > To transfer I intend to dd the partitions across and then resize > using lvm as home swap var are located on lvm. > > Is this the right approach or would you recommend another method? > > John D Maunder. > > > > > > > >
