Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2009 mails)

[zentara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (zentara)]

"Christopher D. Reimer" wrote:
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> I currently have a SuSE 6.3 installation on a 6.4GB hard drive that
> consists of three partitions (/boot,/swap, and /) that I would like to
> transfer to a new 20GB hard drive.  I'm planning to use Drive Image to
> copy the partitions directly over to the new hard drive, and then use the
> unallocated space (~14GB) for a /pub partition.
> 
> Does Drive Image do a good job at copying the partitions (no resizing)?
> 
> Is there alternative method of preserving an established installation to a
> new hard drive?
> 

I just asked this in regards to raid. From the Software Raid-Howto:
To copy a running root to another drive:

cd /
find . -xdev | cpio -pm /mnt/newroot

where you mounted your empty drive on /mnt/newroot.
It is better than dd, because the partitions can be different sizes.


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