Well, Clonezilla is having problems cloning my drive. I first booted into Debian and created one big ext3 partition on the new drive (750 GB), old drive is 320 GB. Then fired up Clonzilla. I took all the defaults, chose device to device, expert, and local disk to local disk, and chose sda as the source and sdb as the target. l kept the default options: -g auto -e1 auto -e2 -j2 -v, and 'use the partition table from the source'. I get a' successfully wrote partition table'. Then I get the "Error can't have a partition outside disk" and Clonezilla dies. Here is what I get with fdisk after booting back into Debian orca:/home/mark# 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 orca:/home/mark# Any ideas how I can fix this error and clone my drive to the new drive? Thanks, Mark On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Stephen wrote: > Woo hoo! > On Jul 17, 2011 11:55 AM, "Mark Phillips" > wrote: > > I took a look at clonezilla again, and found an amd64 iso in clonezilla > > testing. I tried that one, and it worked on my laptop. I will try a clone > > tonight (I like to make my laptop work while I sleep....;) ), so I will > let > > you know in the morning. Perhaps the ubuntu version was not amd64 and > that > > may be why it barfed? I tried the CD on a another machine (i386) and it > > booted up OK. > > > > As of right now, it is humming along nicely on the old drive. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Mark > > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Mark Phillips > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Mark Phillips < > mark@phillipsmarketing.biz > >> > 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" < > mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> > >>>> >> 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 > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >