>>> I am copying a disk/partition to another disk/partition >>> using dd, with the following: >>> >>> BEFORE: >>> Disk1: partition#1: psize=100G, size=97.65G, used=91.23G, unused=6.42G >>> Disk2: partition#1: psize=250G, size=244.14G (newly formatted) >>> >>> I did a dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1 >>> >>> AFTER: >>> Disk1: partition#1: psize=100G, size=97.65G, used=91.23G, unused=6.42G >>> Disk2: partition#1: psize=250G, size=244.14G, used=237.72G, unused=6.42G >>> >>> WTF... >>> >>> Then I: >>> 1) mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt >>> 2) cd /mnt/b >>> 3) df -h . >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >>> /dev/sdb1 97G 90G 1.6G 99% /mnt/b >>> 4) umount /mnt >>> >>> 5) mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt >>> 6) cd /mnt >>> 7) df -h . >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >>> /dev/sda1 97G 90G 1.6G 99% /mnt/b >>> 8) Umount /mnt >>> >>> Hmm... this is not what I expected... I had assumed that somehow >>> the free disk space would somehow be reclaimed... >>> >>> What am I doing wrong here and how do I get around this? >> You have to resize Disk2 to 250Gb with resize2fs or parted. > The answer is, you have to rezise after dd and there are two ways > > 1) e2fsck -f /dev/sdb; resize2fs /dev/sdb > 2) Use gparted: a) shrink it down minimally, then regrow # parted (parted) unit cyl (parted) print (parted) resize <partition> <start> <end> (parted) quit -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
