-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, 2009-04-26 at 07:57 +0800, Joe Morris wrote:
I thought partitions could be enlarged. So, set up as an 8GB and then go from there.
No, partitions can not be enlarged, unless there is free space directly after that partition, or you are using LVM. If you clone a HD as is, you get a new disk with the same contiguous partitions as in the original. You can add new partitions, or you can use a tool like Partition Magic to enlarge them (and that tool moves sectors out of the way to get it done, a procedure that takes many long hours).
That procedure is full of problems in the road. Actually gparted does the job quite well and quickly. I have even moved partitions to make a lower partition bigger. IMO, gparted has become one of the best partitioning tools.
Well, that's interesting. But frankly, copying files directly to a new (or same) partition layout would be faster and easier. I don't see any gain, except to experiment. Just create new partitions, mount a new filesystem hierarchy, change sizes, order, number of partitions, anything - or nothing! Then, copy all the files from old to new structure. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknzrXkACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XyJQCfXuY0GCCDS3oPWWVab6Daq+Gu if8AniHtO7tUT8rHzu4FzsQJa1x5t7Cp =gGsr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org