[Blackpool] More on MythTV...

[Les Pounder]

Clonezilla can copy the 20gb hd to the 120gb hd, but will only use 20gb,
but as Rob says you can use Gparted to sort that issue out.

Les

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:45 AM, B McLellan <bob.mclellan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not sure if clonezilla has the option resize on the fly but you may be
> able to resize the partition using parted if not. This depends on the file
> system though.
>
> Rob
>
>
> On 15 February 2012 10:53, Les Pounder <lespounder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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