[nmglug] cloning HD

[Eric Krieger]

I'm a fan of using dd to clone one drive to another then using gparted to
resize partitions post clone.

- Eric



On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:32 PM, BrianO'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:

>  I want to clone my hd to another bigger, faster drive. I have a 160GB,
> 5400rpm sata drive in my toshiba laptop and I bought a 320GB, 7200rpm drive.
> I have cloned an old Powerbook IDE drive and had no issues. However, I found
> this site:
> http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/22/how-to-clone-your-bootable-ubuntu-install-to-another-drive/
> that says I need to clone to an exact same size partiotion. I didn't do
> that a few years back with the IDE drive as I recall. Is this really
> necessary?
>
> "You’ll also want to either be cloning your hard drive to one of the exact
> same size, or if you have a larger disk, make a partition of the same size
> on it and clone to that. Then, use an Ubuntu liveCD to change the partition
> size (*System-> Administration-> Partition Editor*). Lastly, you’ll need a
> LiveCD <http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu>."
>
> The article also says that I need to install grub after the cloning but it
> seems that the grub install I have would be cloned too, no?
>
> Many thanks and here's hope for a great '11!!
>
> Brian
>
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