-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-04-30 at 12:38 +0200, Petr Klíma wrote:
Does it matter?
Does it matter if a partition is a bit bigger or smaller, even if it is a diferent type? Linux doesn't care, it will work anyway. You can use the chance to change your partition types/sizes.
Well, Linux doesn't care when the partition is big enough - greater or equal to the size of filesystem. When the partition gets even a tiny bit smaller than the filesystem, you've got a problem, however you won't experience it until you fill up the disk. Once the disk is almost full, you'll get complaints about "attempt to access beyond end of device" or similar. And you end'up with corrupted filesystem....
That's true only if the backup/restore is made with dd, ie, it is an image - and the OP used dar, sot that's a non issue. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGNcq1tTMYHG2NR9URAkfvAJ4vH7bnPxPwSCZPbTYI8jzXswMMvACeON6H mtW+BuriFh5sGA5FePbBJXo= =nYl6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----