[Gllug] migrating install to larger hd

[Ben Fitzgerald]

Hi,

I've got a hd that's filling up.

I have a larger disk I'd like to move my install to.

What's the quickest way to get it across and working?

Here are my initial thoughts:

A basic dd is out due to the disks being diferrent.

I'd like to get lvm going on the target so I can resize
partitions more easily in the future to make the most of
the disk space. I assume I'll need initrd with lvm modules.
Then I guess I just set myself up some logical volumes and
copy the files across.

Is there a way to use dd (or anything but cp) to move files
from partition type 83 to partition type 8e? cp -a takes *ages*.

Thanks,

Ben
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