I have never seen that. It has run on a wild array of hardware. Try thealt media based on Ubuntu. You might have better results On Jul 17, 2011 8:46 AM, "Mark Phillips" wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Stephen wrote: > >> Honestly I suggest clonezilla for this. It will get everything windows >> Linux grub etc. >> > I forgot to add that I first tried clonezilla, and it would not run on my > laptop. All I got was a black screen and a gray box. > > Mark > > >> 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >>