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On Mon, Jan 31 2011, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> Hi there! |
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> There is a PC with a 160 GB SATA drive, and I want to replace it with one of |
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> about 1 TB in size. Would this work? |
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> - attach 2nd drive via SATA port or USB->SATA convertor |
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> - boot from rescue CD |
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> - dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb |
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> - remove sda, attach sdb to where sda was |
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> - reboot |
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> - add other partitions or enlarge the last one |
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> I do not expect problems, but I'm not entirely sure. Maybe the different |
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> drive geometry would have an effect on file system or at least to the Grub |
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> boot loader? |
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Won't dd'ing the whole disk will make the 1TB disk a 160GB disk. |
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I would partition the TB disk as you like and |
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do a tar or rsync on each partition of the original. |
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Some care would be needed for /dev and I don't think things like /proc |
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should be copied. |
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allan |
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