can i copy a entire partition and put it on a new drive
hi everyone,
i am putting a larger drive in my laptop, i have linux mint 10 KDE setup with all the software i need and running just the way i like it. is it possible to actually copy the entire partition to a external drive then place the partition back into my laptop with the new drive in it, and still have it all setup the way i had it? basically so i dont have to reinstall everything and set it up again if this is possible could you please explain how i can do it in the simpliest terms at all please. many thanks in advance pete |
You should have a look at clonezilla, it is a software for disk imaging and does exactly what you need. You will find documentation on their website.
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I'm not sure how Clonezilla handles the situation when the new partitions (on the new disk) are bigger than the old ones.
I would boot with a live-CD and create a tar-archive for all my partitions. Afterwards I would partition the new disk, create the filesystems and then extract my archives to the new partitions. If you use at least the same partition-numbers for the / and the /boot partition it should work, additionally you will have to reinstall the bootloader (which can be done with chroot). Markus |
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thanks to both of you, i will try clonezilla first before i delete the old drive, if it works ill post the answer so it may help others
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well clonezilla worked perfectly, got my linux mint with all my software on the new drive, definately recommend this to everyone
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