[olug] dd --- the coolest utility ever

[Phil Brutsche]

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

>
> Is it possible to image a smaller drive onto a larger drive, without
> losing space? I.e. I've got a drive that's 17G, with one filesystem on
> one partition, and I wnat to image it onto a drive that's 20G---but
> I'll lose 3G, correct?

Yes

> I think I am because the filesystem on the original disk only covers
> 17G, and the new disk is 20G. Am I wrong, is there a way to image over
> a existing partition (drive) onto a larger one without losing space?

Not that I'm aware of.  Perhaps something that can resize then partition,
and another tool that can resize the file system?

> If I copy a smaller partition (or drive) onto a larger one, the
> original filesystem won't account for the extra room at the new
> location. Or am I completely wrong?

Completely correct.

> I'd like to image a disk (one partition) off a 17G and onto a 20G, but
> don't see how it'll work. Be really awesome if it did :)

I believe that is why god invented tar (or cpio, whichever you prefer) :)

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Phil Brutsche					pbrutsch at creighton.edu

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