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On 24 Dec 2007, at 17:06, Randy Barlow wrote: |
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> ... You will probably need to use |
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> grub-install/setup if you do dd as well, unless you dd if=/dev/sda |
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> of=/dev/sdb (or am I wrong about this?) |
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No, you're correct - `dd` would copy the boot-sector. |
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But it would also leave all partitions at their original sizes, |
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leaving 80gig of free space at the end of the drive. I'm not sure how |
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one would go about enlarging the /dev/sda2 in order to fill this - |
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I'm sure it's possible, but I can't say I've ever had to do so. |
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It might be as simple as completing the `dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb` |
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and then using `fdisk` to delete the last partition, then recreate it |
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with the same start point (and a later end point). The filesystem |
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would then need to be resized. But I don't know if this will work, |
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and it's potentially destructive if you get it wrong (although the |
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original drive is still intact if it doesn't). |
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Stroller. |
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