[plug] Migrating partitions on Linux

[Nathan Alberti]

Arie,

Take a look at partimage, unlike dd it only copies blocks with data saving
you a hell of a lot of time if your partitions are not fully utilized, You
can find it on the SystemRescueCd <http://www.sysresccd.org/>.

Otherwise... dd is sloooow :) possibly increase the block size..

Regards,

Nathan.


On 7/10/07, Arie Hol <arie99 at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> I have just upgraded my hard drive from 200Gb to 320 Gb.
>
> The 200Gb drive will now become a secondary drive, but I want to migrate
> my
> Linux partitions to the new drive.
>
> I have used a Knoppix 5.0 live CD to boot the system, and I am using the
> command line to type in the following :
>
> dd if=/dev/hdd2 of=/dev/hda2 bs=512
>
> This command copied / across to the new drive < 1Gb
>
> dd if=/dev/hdd3 of=/dev/hda3 bs=512
>
> Is currently copying /boot across to the new drive  < 1Gb
>
> Things are happening, but very slowly.
>
> Have I used the correct command ?
>
> The next partition to be copied across is /usr this is about 8.5 GB
>
> Can I use different options to make the transfer happen at a faster rate ?
>
> TIA
>
> Regards Arie
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