From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1647D1381F3 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:53:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7754521C04D; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:53:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD35A21C01D for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:51:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DBEAE80033 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:51:24 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:51:23 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive change Message-ID: <20121108115123.403a598b@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1cvs113 (GTK+ 2.24.13; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/kvPtNr+DJBhjCUo940hLR3_"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: abcb540e-2b77-44f0-b565-f9d16d342311 X-Archives-Hash: 0b2efedec9d0e224efcb6bb7be434336 --Sig_/kvPtNr+DJBhjCUo940hLR3_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:08:18 +0000, jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk wrote: > I am about to change my hard drive on my machine from a 500GB to 2tb. >=20 > To transfer I intend to dd the partitions across and then resize using > lvm as home swap var are located on lvm. Can you connect both drives ate the same time? If so you can create a PV on the new drive, add it to your VG and then use lvmove to move the date before removing the old drive from the VG. That way you can continue to use the computer while the transfer takes place. --=20 Neil Bothwick How do I set my laser printer to stun? --Sig_/kvPtNr+DJBhjCUo940hLR3_ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlCbnLsACgkQum4al0N1GQMFAgCdE1523vbdyXg1/4Uf5iiM0hNb ZtYAoLbFbVKukwLbT8ob6oHsexKc7zVX =8Y/X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/kvPtNr+DJBhjCUo940hLR3_--