Just saw that. Oops. Try again. On Jul 17, 2011 8:33 AM, "Bob Elzer" wrote: > Is it my browser or is it your blog dim gray text on a dark gray background > ? > > I can't see the thing to read it ! > > Sorry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Stephen > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:13 AM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Need Help Cloning a Drive > > now im at a computer i did a brief blog post about your very situation. > http://cryptworksapps.blogspot.com/2011/06/doing-rude-horrible-and-wonderful > .html > > clonezilla to clone the drive, and gparted LiveCD to adjust the partition > sizes. > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Stephen wrote: >> Honestly I suggest clonezilla for this. It will get everything windows >> Linux grub etc. >> >> On Jul 17, 2011 7:48 AM, "Mark Phillips" > wrote: >>> I purchased a larger hard drive (~750 GB)) for my laptop and want to >>> clone my current laptop drive (~320 GB) to the new one. The new drive >>> is connected to the laptop via usb - I can mount it and read/write to >>> it. This is what I did, but it didn't seem to work out... >>> >>> 1. Boot laptop using latest Knoppix >>> 2. umount both /dev/sda(old drive, internal to laptop) and /dev/sdb >>> (new drive connected via usb) 3. I was going to use dd, but read that >>> dd_rescue is a little better (read error handling, reporting >>> progress), so I installed that and fired it iup >>> >>> knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo ddrescue -f -n /dev/sda /dev/sdb >>> >>> >>> Press Ctrl-C to interrupt >>> rescued: 320072 MB, errsize: 0 B, current rate: 29753 kB/s >>> ipos: 320072 MB, errors: 0, average rate: 29513 kB/s >>> opos: 320072 MB, time from last successful read: 0 s Finished >>> >>> 4. I thought, time to use gparted to expand the Linux partition for >>> my new drive to the full size, and install the new drive.....but >>> wait, there are problems! >>> >>> knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ fdisk -l >>> >>> Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes >>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of >>> 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes >>> / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk >>> identifier: 0x81d6785f >>> >>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>> /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility >>> /dev/sda2 * 6 1918 15360000 7 HPFS/NTFS >>> /dev/sda3 1918 7017 40963092+ 7 HPFS/NTFS >>> /dev/sda4 7018 38913 256204620 5 Extended >>> /dev/sda5 * 7018 37615 245778403+ 83 Linux >>> /dev/sda6 37616 38913 10426153+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris >>> Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512) >>> Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>> Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>> Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>> Warning: invalid flag 0xbfbb of partition table 5 will be corrected >>> by >>> w(rite) >>> >>> Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes >>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11400 cylinders Units = cylinders of >>> 16065 * 4096 = 65802240 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 >>> bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 >>> bytes Disk identifier: 0x81d6785f >>> >>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>> /dev/sdb1 1 5 321048 de Dell Utility >>> Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. >>> /dev/sdb2 * 6 1918 122880000 7 HPFS/NTFS >>> /dev/sdb3 1918 7017 327704740 7 HPFS/NTFS >>> /dev/sdb4 7018 38913 2049636960 5 Extended Partition 4 does not start >>> on physical sector boundary. >>> /dev/sdb5 ? 82628 130208 3057478824 48 Unknown >>> knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ >>> >>> It appears that dd-rescue did what I expected it to do....copied sda >>> to sdb bit by bit. I am not sure what the warnings are for sda, but >>> it looks like dd_rescue did what it was supposed to do. However, What >>> do I do about the errors on sdb? GParted does not recognize the >>> partition table for sdb, and reports 698 GB of unallocated space. >>> >>> Thanks for any suggestions you may have to solve/explain what is going > on! >>> >>> Mark >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss