[olug] dd --- the coolest utility ever

[Daniel Pfile]

A simple search leads me to believe ext2resize would be a good program to 
use.

http://ext2resize.sourceforge.net/

Since you've already got all your data on your old drive, it should work 
great. If ext2resize blows up, you've got a backup. Be sure to read the FAQ.

1: Boot linux on old disk
2: partition/format new disk
3: dd data over to new disk
4: ext2resize new disk
5: boot new disk (remember to futz with lilo)

have fun, let the list know how it goes please.

-- Daniel

--On Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:51 PM -0600 Chris Garrity 
<m0ntar3 at home.com> wrote:

>
>	 Is it possible to image a smaller drive onto a larger drive, without
>	 losing space? I.e. I've got a drive that's 17G, with one filesystem on
> one partition, and I wnat to image it onto a drive that's 20G---but I'll
> lose 3G, correct? I think I am because the filesystem on the original
> disk only covers 17G, and the new disk is 20G. Am I wrong, is there a way
> to image over a existing partition (drive) onto a larger one without
> losing space?
>
>	 If I copy a smaller partition (or drive) onto a larger one, the original
> filesystem won't account for the extra room at the new location. Or am I
> completely wrong?
>
>	 I'd like to image a disk (one partition) off a 17G and onto a 20G, but
>	 don't see how it'll work. Be really awesome if it did :)
>
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