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On Mon, 16 May 2011 12:16:51 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > If you're going to resize/move partitions afterwards, you may as well |
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> > just dd the whole drive in one go. |
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> But the OP's new drive is larger, so I assume that he will be |
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> rearranging partitions afterwards - could be wrong. |
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So if you've got to rearrange the partitions anyway, it is easier to just |
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dd the whole thing in one go and then do the rearranging. |
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Alternatively, set up the new partition table manually and them copy each |
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filesystem. dding the partition table separately from all the partitions |
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makes no sense. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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