> I am copying a disk/partition to another disk/partition > using dd, with the following: > > BEFORE: > Disk1: partition#1: psize=100G, size=97.65G, used=91.23G, unused=6.42G > Disk2: partition#1: psize=250G, size=244.14G (newly formatted) > > I did a dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1 > > AFTER: > Disk1: partition#1: psize=100G, size=97.65G, used=91.23G, unused=6.42G > Disk2: partition#1: psize=250G, size=244.14G, used=237.72G, unused=6.42G > > WTF... > > Then I: > 1) mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt > 2) cd /mnt/b > 3) df -h . > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sdb1 97G 90G 1.6G 99% /mnt/b > 4) umount /mnt > > 5) mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt > 6) cd /mnt > 7) df -h . > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 97G 90G 1.6G 99% /mnt/b > 8) Umount /mnt > > Hmm... this is not what I expected... I had assumed that somehow > the free disk space would somehow be reclaimed... > > What am I doing wrong here and how do I get around this? You have to resize Disk2 to 250Gb with resize2fs or parted. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines