[Blackpool] More on MythTV...

[Les Pounder]

Why not use Clonezilla instead, its a live linux distro that can back up
anything to image,drive or network.

I use it to clone my laptops to a backup disk, in case the worst happens.

Les
On Feb 15, 2012 10:39 AM, "Jon Chamberlain" <jonachamberlain at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Having coped with only 20GB in my MythTV box for several weeks, and with
> mounting interest (demands) from the family, I have now got a 120GB disk
> I want to install in place of the small one.
>
> Clearly, I want to avoid having to redo any of the work done in getting
> the box into its current state, so am planning to clone the existing
> drive using dd, e.g. dd if=<source> of=<target>.
>
> What happens to the extra space on the larger disk? Is it effectively
> left un-partitioned?
> How long should cloning a 20GB disk take? (it's currently about 75%
> full)
> Any suggestions before I do the deed?
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
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