On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 08:21:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have a 1TB drive that is getting I/O errors enough that while I > was out of the country, it hung and my wife was NOT happy. So it is > time to replace it. And with a 2TB file. > > This is a server with the drive as EXT4, boot partitions, swap > partition, and a few data (/boot, /, etc.) partitions. > > Given that I am experiencing I/O errors, it would seem that a dd is > not advisable. I can dd the boot portion onto a new drive, I can > build the partitions on a new drive. I can boot the system with a > live CD. > > What is a good way to move the OS and all the data? I used > Clonezilla some many years ago, but that does not seem to be the way > to go when there are bad sections on the source drive? I'd try ddrescue. I used it on my wife's win7 box a couple years ago and it just quietly did the job, despite bad spots on the HD. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
