From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from star2.net ([65.89.75.11] helo=BYHU.star2.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Bo8K-0000I0-00 for ; Wed, 05 Dec 2001 21:19:33 -0500 Received: from 5086000415.eskimo.com (unverified [67.202.51.94]) by BYHU.star2.net (Vircom SMTPRS 5.1.200) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 21:11:36 -0500 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20011205200835.009ecd10@pop3.norton.antivirus> X-Sender: myrow/pop3.eskimo.com@pop3.norton.antivirus X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 20:15:42 -0600 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Adam Myrow Subject: RE: transferring linux system to another hard drive In-Reply-To: <001301c17df2$b6bd4720$11180d0a@telusplanet.net> References: <002201c17d90$c4ee51c0$0100a8c0@tward> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I tried that once, and dd bombed saying that the maximum file size of 2GB had been reached. Of course, I was copying to a file first, because I didn't trust writing directly to another partition like that. Does that get around the 2GB limit? Also, doesn't writing the image of a disk on another make the second drive think it's the same size as the first? I've copied manually, an entire Linux filesystem several times as I experimented, and it can be done with a bit of effort. Also, parted runs under Linux and can copy DOS or Windows partitions across from one drive to another and set the size on the new drive correctly.