Re: Cloning a disk: partclone?
On Thu, 2023-01-19 at 20:34 +0100, DdB wrote:
> Am 19.01.2023 um 19:49 schrieb Tom Browder:
> > On my main PC, I would like to clone my boot drive onto another disk for
> > 2 reasons:
> >
> > 1. Use a larger disk for the main drive
> > 2. Create an emergency recovery disk
> >
> > A new Debian package to me is "partclone". Questions:
> >
> > + Can that be used for both purposes?
> >
> > + Can it do a complete clone on an active disk? Or do I need a live CD
> > or USB stick?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Tom
> When i set up a similar job on my neighbor's home comp, i chose
> http://www.fsarchiver.org/
> Straightforward, yet flexible, can deal with resizing partition(s) and
> such. I use it from a live DVD, that is available thru grub menu, no
> media involved.
Surely it's also straightforward to just copy the data in the partition
then resize the filesystem...
cp /dev/sdX1 /dev/sdY1
resize2fs /dev/sdY1
Assuming you've already partitioned the target disk /dev/sdY to how you
want it. (And assuming the filesystem is ext2..ext4)
--
Tixy
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