On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, Karl Larsen wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > Karl Larsen wrote: > > > > > > If you want to copy something big from one partition to another the old > > > dd method is for you. You have to do it right. This means that: > > > > > > 1. The destination partition MUST be at least a byte larger than the > > > source partition where the data is coming from. This is essential! > > > > This isn't true. Can you explain why you think it is? > Yes I can. My first try with dd I tried to put a 40GB partition > into a 20GB partition and dd errored out. Then I read man dd. just kill me now, lord. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
