On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I tried the alt media and it did not work. - 20110530-natty, > > Mark > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Stephen wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >