stefan riemens wrote:
I use plain and simple dd from a livecd for this purpose.. Make sure
you get the devices correct though! After dd has finished, you can use
gparted to grow you partitions (or system-config-lvm in case of lvm).
Alternatively, if you want to rearrange your partitions, you could
create a partition table seperately, and then copy individual
partiations over using dd. For that to work however, I suspect you
need to make sure you only have a partition table, rather then
complete filesystems.
You have missed the point of the more complex process I described, a dd copy
gets you no better than you had (slowly). By tuning the filesystem options to
the intended use a significant improvement in performance can be obtained.
Good luck!
Stefan
2010/2/20, Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com>:
> Jatin K wrote:
>> Dear list
>>
>> I'm using FC 12 x86_64 on my dell vostro 1520 notebook with 160GB hdd
>> installed in it , now I want to upgrade the hdd from 160GB to 320GB
>> 7200 RPM
>>
>> is it possible to transfer fedora 12 from one hdd to another ?? I dont
>> want to re-install it as lots of software and configurations are there
>> in old one
>>
>> is there any way like ghost ( like in M$ environment ) for Linux or may
>> be something like that
>>
> If you just want more space, there are several things already mentioned
> which
> will work. If you want to get best performance you will have to manually
> build
> the new layout. If you have some application or data which is taking most of
> the
> space, like MP3, flash clips, pictures or movies, you will get better
> performance putting them in a filesystem tuned to the file size involved,
> and if
> you have a huge number of small files you might consider a filesystem other
> than
> ext4 default, either something else or some of the neat extended options
> which
> can make things faster.
>
> For "more of the same" there are a number of solutions, read the
suggestions
> you
> have and choose.
>
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