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On 01/01/2011 10:28 PM, jbk wrote: > I've been given a thinkpad x40 laptop with the original OS=20 > and HD intact. I am in the process of converting it to a CF=20 > card drive and would like to clone the installed xp OS and=20 > the Fedora 14 OS I have also installed after shrinking and=20 > rearranging partitions. Everything is working fine at the=20 > moment given the slow 1.8 form factor drive. > > So my question has to do with the cloned partition size=20 > verses the target partition size. If the original partition=20 > is 13 GB including free space does the target also need to=20 > be 13GB or larger or can I install to a smaller target that=20 > is still 20% larger than the actual data/OS? > > Are the issues different for Fedora/linux in regards to size=20 > of target? > > I have finished running a test clone of the XP partition=20 > using the latest clonezilla live utility to an external USB=20 > drive. It created a series of image data files that total=20 > just under 7 GB. Basically, you can clone a partition to one of equal or larger size. But, after you clone, you can resize the filesystem. One of the issues I see discussed often is the resizing of partitions or LVM logical drives. In both cases you need 2 separate operations. Some tools do both. In Linux, you can use things like resize2fs to resize a Linux ext2/3 filesystem. --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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