-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/17/2013 09:03 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 17.02.2013 01:36, schrieb doug: >> On 02/16/2013 06:53 PM, Martín Marqués wrote: >>> How can I pass my whole system from an old SATA disk (which is giving >>> me some trouble) to a new disk. I have 4 partitions, all of which I >>> have only passed /home using cp -.a >>> >>> I'm a bit concerned about the root file system, how to change grub, and >>> if I'll have trouble with non-regular files from /var. >>> >> There is a Linux program called Clonezilla which is supposed to be able >> to clone disks. a program called HDClone, from Miray. There are several >> versions of HD Clone: one is free, one costs some money, and others cost >> even more. The difference appears to be the speed of copying. I >> originally used the freebie, and it took about 7 hours to clone a 160G >> disk. Later, I bought the first paid one, and it took about 3 hours to >> do something similar > > * boot from a live-cd and use dd * dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY bs=16M > > /dev/sdX = your source disk /dev/sdY = your new disk > > be careful not make a mistake in source / target, afetr enter you are lost > in this case > > with the script below if even mirrored 4 x 2 TB SATA disks from one machine > to another with 3 linux-software-RAIDs in a few hours to a blank machine > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /clone.sh date dd if=/dev/sda | ssh > root@192.168.196.129 "dd of=/dev/sda bs=16M" dd if=/dev/sdb | ssh > root@192.168.196.129 "dd of=/dev/sdb bs=16M" dd if=/dev/sdc | ssh > root@192.168.196.129 "dd of=/dev/sdc bs=16M" dd if=/dev/sdd | ssh > root@192.168.196.129 "dd of=/dev/sdd bs=16M" date You may benefit from having bs=16M on the input side as well, otherwise the input dd will use default bs size. i.e. dd if=/dev/sda bs=16M | ssh root@192.168.196.129 "dd of=/dev/sda bs=16M" All the best, - -Greg - -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Please also check the log file at "/dev/null" for additional information. (from /var/log/Xorg.setup.log) | Greg Hosler ghosler@xxxxxxxxxx | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEgLZ0ACgkQ404fl/0CV/SyygCePQaeE2EhbbQ4EJwTwxTV39R4 EYIAoLOCTx3YLyz/Tly2dLbWU0dYgUoD =xCwA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org