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On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:17:25 +0100
Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net> wrote:

> Am 08.11.2012 17:37, schrieb Paul Hartman:
> > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> > <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> Am 08.11.2012 12:12 schrieb <jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk>:
> >>
> >>> I am about to change my hard drive on my machine from a 500GB to
> >>> 2tb.
> >>>
> >>> To transfer I  intend to dd the partitions across and then resize
> >>> using lvm as home swap var are located on lvm.
> >>>
> >>> Is this the right approach or would you recommend another method?
> >>>
> >>> John D Maunder.
> >>
> >> 2tb drive  probably different sector size. cp -auv recommended.
> >>
> > 
> > I agree, best approach is to partition and format the new drive as
> > new, and then copy the files. This will also help you start your new
> > disk with a lack of fragmentation.
> > 
> 
> +1
> 
> Of course, a simple cp -auv /* /new_root won't suffice because of
> proc, sys and friends. I prefer
> mount --bind / /real_root
> cp -auv /real_root/* /new_root
> 
> Regards,
> Florian Philipp
> 

Thanks all for advice. Nice work with the mounting.



 

-- 
John D Maunder