Karl Larsen wrote: >> I think you're misunderstanding. If you use dd to copy, the filesystem >> will be copied too. You /must/ not put a filesystem on the larger >> partition before dding over. If necessary, zero it out first. >> >> Matt Flaschen >> >> > I thought that was what I said :-) No, you said "do NOT put a filesystem in the destination partition". You are putting a filesystem, but you're doing it through dd. Matt FLaschen