I think I can manage to work out the grub stuff.<div><br></div><div>Is it possible to guarantee all data will be copied exactly or is that what the -a option does?<br clear="all">--<br>Ryan Ralph<br><a href="mailto:ryanralph1991@gmail.com">ryanralph1991@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Matthew Hannigan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mlh@zip.com.au">mlh@zip.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'd use the -a option to cp rather than dd.<br>
dd preservies/copies far more than you want or need, and requires<br>
you to resize afterwards.<br>
<br>
So..<br>
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cd source && cp -a . destination<br>
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Are you ok with the grub stuff?<br>
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On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:06:44AM +1100, Ryan Ralph wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> Was just wondering if someone could explain to me how the best way to go<br>
> about backing up my setup at the moment.<br>
><br>
> What I need to do is do is take a "ghost image" (windows term) of my 120gb<br>
> hard drive that ubuntu is currently installed on and then restore it onto<br>
> one of my newer 500gb drives.<br>
><br>
> I was thinking that I could try using dd, copy the backup to one of the<br>
> 500gb drives, then restore it to the other 500gb drive and resize the<br>
> partition if required. This seems like it would be quite time consuming.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone know a better way? If not could someone please explain what<br>
> commands I would need to use for dd?<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Ryan Ralph<br>
> <a href="mailto:ryanralph1991@gmail.com">ryanralph1991@gmail.com</a><br>
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