On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 18:57 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > On 10/20/07, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have just bought a new hard disk. Could someone please tell me how > > > can I create a clone of my F7 partition in the new hard disk? > > > > Other people have suggested using dd. > > I strongly advise against this. > > I would use "cp -a" or rsync. > > > > I think the word "clone" is slightly misleading. > > Presumably you want a copy which works in the same way as the original. > > For that it is better to use "cp -a", and give the partition a new label, > > with e2label, to avoid confusion. > > With the command > > cp -a /dev/sdd1 /dev/sda1 > > ? > > Paul > Uh, not quite. You want to: 1. Create a partition on the new hard drive (run "parted /dev/sda", and then 'h' for more details). Make sure this partition is larger than the space you used on the old one. 2. run "mkdir /tmp/sda1; mkdir /tmp/sdd1" 3. run "mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/sda1; mount /dev/sdd1 /tmp/sdd1" 4. run "cp -a /tmp/sda1/* /tmp/sdd1" 5. run "umount /tmp/sda1 /tmp/sdd1" Beyond that, we really need to know what exactly you're wanting to do with this system. I made the assumption early on that you were wanting to move your system to a larger hard drive, but that doesn't necessarily seem to be the case. I'm afraid I'm going to be away from my computer for the next fourteen hours or so, so if you still need help, others will have to give it. Good luck, Jonathan
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