On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 14:45 -0400, Smith, Craig A wrote: > Would something like > #dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb > work? I think so, assuming * neither are mounted * hdb is assigned to the new drive * the new drive is the same size or larger than the original > I assume I would first need to format the replacement drive with > appropriate partitions (ext3 and swap). dd also copies filesystems, so no need to format the new drive unless you want to change the partition layout. After you've done the image transfer, you can use resize2fs to enlarge the partition. > After the files are copied, I suppose I could rejumper the target > drive to make it /hda or just edit it’s /etc/fstab. Yep. Unless both are jumpered to "cable select", then you should just be able to change the cabling. There may be a UUID or disk label in /etc/fstab, so be sure to update that if necessary. -- Adam Monsen -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20081015/333d02d3/attachment.pgp