[Gllug] migrating install to larger hd

[Pete Ryland]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 11:58:45AM +0100, Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 11:52:23AM +0100, Pete Ryland wrote:
> > Try doing the dd just on the individual partitions rather than the whole
> > disk.
> 
> I asked this earlier in the thread! Can you confirm this approach works?
> Will it also work to dd from a standard partition to an lvm lv?

I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work, but I can't confirm it
definitely.  Still, is there any harm in trying?

> I seek confirmation because of the way you couched your suggestion...
> Intonation and ascii mail don't travel too well so I'm making sure. ;)

:-)

Anyway, either way, doing the copy is indeed a better way, as Tet suggested.

Pete
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