On 10/08/2009 10:31 AM, Konstantin Svist wrote: > On 10/08/2009 09:48 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Is there an easy way to transfer a system from one drive (holding >> boot, swap, lvm partitions, in the default F11 layout) to a different >> hard drive, if the new drive is smaller? >> >> If the new drive is larger, dd could be used in a fairly >> straightforward way. >> >> However, I want to try replacing a 160 GB hard drive with an Intel 80 >> GB solid-state drive, just for fun... >> >> I suspect a re-install might be easier. >> >> - Mike >> > > gparted (or qtparted) will do what you want. I don't remember if it > can resize the partitions as you copy them, but in the worst case you > can resize first then copy. > > or you can use cp -a to copy over all necessary files and run > grub-install to restore the grub boot loader if it's installed in MBR > (default) > There is a potential problem when using partition resizing - it can mess up the partition tables and render the drive unbootable - need to be careful here, as it "bit me in the a.."! FWIW, Dan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
