On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:35:54AM -0500, Adam Monsen wrote: > * use dd to clone the whole disk onto a larger disk > * use parted to grow the partition > * use resize2fs to grow the filesystem dd is a good tool, but it's best to understand what it does. dd copies data at the block level - it cares not about the data, or the partitioning, or anything like that. Chunk in, chunk out. It's great for doing things like: "Oh, I need a 100MB test file" dd if=/dev/random of=100MB_test_file bs=1M count=1024 I think dd is bad, however, for moving disks. First, unless your disks are exactly the same size, you might/will run into problems (perhaps with some filesystems you can adjust them after the fact). Second, it's inefficient. Say you're moving from a 200GB hard drive to a 400GB hard drive, and you're using about 40GB of your 200GB hard drive. DD will copy 200GB, even though you're only using 40GB. That's right, it'll copy 160GB of empty space, because it doesn't know better. Also, you'll end up with 200GB partitions on the 400GB drive. I've always preferred to setup the partitions on a new device and then use a higher level tool to move the data over to the new locations. Hope that helps, dan -- As implied by email protocols, the information in this message is not not confidential. Any middle-man or recipient may inspect, modify, copy, forward, reply to, delete, or filter email for any purpose. As the sender, I acknowledge that I have less expectation of the control and privacy of this message than I would a post-card. As a result, nothing in this message is legally binding without cryptographic proof of its integrity, and no legal obligation can be implied on behalf of the recipient. http://bilbo.hobbiton.org/wiki/Eat_My_Sig