ubuntu : copy to new hdd?

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 19:42 -0700, betty wrote:
> ok, i *really like *ubuntu (feisty fawn) . i have it set up 'just like i 
> like it' to be. (on the gui)
> i will start to use that and phase out rh 9.0 that i've been using forever.
> the ubuntu is great, it worked easily on my palm :)
> on my printer:) and on
> the ext modem :)
> what more could one want !
> 
> BUT it is on a 10GB hdd :(
> i have an 80 gb hdd that i can wipe out the current file system and use 
> that.
> 
> what commands do i use to copy the 10 gb hdd set up (like a mirror?) to 
> the 80 gb hdd??? then i'll just use the old 10 gb hdd for some other 
> project.
> 
> probably a stupid question right?
> thx.
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not at all a stupid question...people do this all the time.

rather than use commands (i.e. dd), it would probably be simpler to use
a ghost type of utility...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l

Craig