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
--
ubuntu-au mailing list
ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
