On Thursday 08 Nov 2012 19:46:01 john wrote: > On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:17:25 +0100 > > Florian Philipp <li...@binarywings.net> wrote: > > Am 08.11.2012 17:37, schrieb Paul Hartman: > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > > > <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > >> Am 08.11.2012 12:12 schrieb <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. > > >> > > >> 2tb drive probably different sector size. cp -auv recommended. > > > > > > I agree, best approach is to partition and format the new drive as > > > new, and then copy the files. This will also help you start your new > > > disk with a lack of fragmentation. > > > > +1 > > > > Of course, a simple cp -auv /* /new_root won't suffice because of > > proc, sys and friends. I prefer > > mount --bind / /real_root > > cp -auv /real_root/* /new_root > > > > Regards, > > Florian Philipp > > Thanks all for advice. Nice work with the mounting.
I often use star with the -copy option (faster and more advanced than tar, although I have not timed it), or rsync. dd and friends for iso copying and fs recovery. -- Regards, Mick
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