Hello, On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Praveen Kumar wrote: >> We shall use 'dd' command >> >> "dd if=/dev/sda3 of=/dev/sda5"
>This is not a very good idea as all kinds of blocks of zeroes will be >copied. True. >> Otherwise we can also use "cp -rvfp source-partition destination >> partition" then edit grub and boot. >As far as copying the data is concerned using cp is a much better >idea, still, using cpio is to be preferred as the links would >also be preserved (symbolic as well as hard links). I think cpio has a limitation of 8GB, but I could be wrong. pax can be used instead of cpio. >Moreover, some other things have to be taken care of. For >example, the /etc/fstab would typically be different. Yes, you will most likely have to update /etc/fstab with the partition information as the disk geometry will differ. Regards, PK _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
