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[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Ash Wyllie
Sent: 05 October 2010 02:00
To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: clone a drive

Now that I have my laptop back, now I want to put a new larger drive in
it.

Ideally, I would like to: copy /dev/sda1 to /dev/sdb3
remove the 120GB drive
install a 250GB (or larger)
user the USB stick to formatand
partition the new drive
copy /dev/sdb3 to /dev/sda1

Can that be done?

If not, how can I get my current set up to a new drive?






Maybe there is a better option, but I would use rsync. This will
synchronize your 2 disks. If there is an error, restarting rsync will
resume the sync.

rsync -alvn for a dry run (option n is for a dry run)

Remove the -n flag to sync when the dry run completed.


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Now that I have my laptop back, now I want to put a new larger drive in it.

Ideally, I would like to: copy /dev/sda1 to /dev/sdb3
remove the 120GB drive
install a 250GB (or larger)
user the USB stick to formatand
partition the new drive
copy /dev/sdb3 to /dev/sda1

Can that be done?

If not, how can I get my current set up to a new drive?

-ash
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