On Tuesday 24 of August 2010 21:35:20 Flavio Costa wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Marek Otahal <markotahal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I use dd command to make an image of entire /dev/sda (160GB) and back up > > it as > > netobook.hdd to an external storage. The disk contains both > > encrypted(dmcrypt/luks) and normal linux/win partitions. > > > > My question is, if my netbook died and I needed to recover from backup, > > can I > > just dd-copy the image to a new larger disk? Does it matter? > > > > 1/ it will do, but the size will remain 160gb ..is ok. > > 2/ will do & possibility to resize partitions later ..even better! :) > > > > I've searched the net, but I'd like someone to confirm it 100% works > > (just dd > > and reboot). > > > > Thanks in advance, Marek > > > > -- > > > > Marek Otahal :o) > > The destination drive must have a greater or equal capacity, otherwise you > will probably lose data / get a corrupt filesystem. > After the dd finishes you can use any program that messes with partitions > to resize it, in case the disk is bigger. > > I can confirm that this simply works, no trick needed. > I've done it dozens of times. Thank you Flávio, that's what I wanted to be reassured about. -- Marek Otahal :o)
