[svlug] Drive Imaging

[Karsten M. Self]

on Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 02:12:46PM -0800, Matt Ettus (matt at ettus.com) wrote:
> 
> 
> Does anybody know how to make an exact drive image copy under Linux?
> I need to upgrade a dual-boot WinXP laptop from a 20G drive to a 60G
> drive.  I know there are some tools under Windows which do this, but
> they don't work for me for various reasons.

Imaging ("ghosting" in legacy MS Windows parlance) a drive is largely
useful for copying a system to a drive identical in all aspects.  In
practice, it's mostly useful for distributing floppy or CDR images.

As you're migrating a 20 GiB system to a 60 GiB drive, imaging is
inappopropriate.  Your geometry and basic disk configuration are
different.

Under GNU/Linux, you'd tar, rsync, or copy the data from one disk to the
next and install a bootloader.

Under legacy MS Windows, there are tools alleged to make the process
somewhat less tedious than it might otherwise be, but that's 1). off
topic for this list and 2). your problem.  In my experience, reinstall +
restore is standard M.O.


Peace.

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