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On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 08:11 +0000, Neil Stone wrote: > Simon Williams wrote: > > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I'd boot off a Live CD (Knoppix, Ubuntu etc) and then partition your new > >> drive how you want it. Then mount the old partitions and the new > >> partitions and copy everything over as Neil suggested. > > > > I would just be using cp -a: that's what I used when I changed laptop, > > but that required a reinstall of windows anyway. I'm trying to do it > > without disturbing winxp. I'm not really expecting cp -a to work here, > > though I could be wrong. Perhaps the main reason for this is that NTFS > > write support is very new and hasn't implemented all the special > > functions yet. I really would rather use dd. I'm surprised no-one has > > written a tool to do this easily. > > > >> You'd also have to install a boot loader (Grub for instance) which might > >> be just a case of running grub-install hd0 and updating your fstab (if > >> it uses UID's or volume labels instead of just plain hold /dev/sda1, 2, > >> 3 etc...). > > > > Reinstalling the bootloader is expected and not a problem. > > > >> Make sure you copy and not move too, that way if things screw up you can > >> go back to the smaller drive (and just a thought, is the plain old IDE > >> drive /dev/sdb or /dev/hdb?) > > > > Of course (but thanks anyway- I have been known to do very stupid things). > > > > you can use dd and gparted to work the magic... I recall seeing a linux > "rescue" disk around on the internet, but I can't recall exactly where.. > it had things like, fdisk, dd and gparted on it.. If you know what you're doing then there's no reason why you can't simply dd the lot over and then use a special* tool to "rediscover" the true location of the partitions, including any unused space. The disc you're referring to could be one of many. My personal favourite (when I don't have access to my laptop and a USB->PATA adapter) is Penguin Sleuth Kit's CD. * something like "gpart" or "testdisk" Grant. :) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html