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<p class=MsoNormal>I’m running Debian stable. Everything is working
fine but there’s little free disk space remaining. How can I
migrate everything to a larger disk? Ideally, this would include all
programs, configuration files, user’s data, crontab’s, etc. I
want to avoid reinstalling/configuring all the running services.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Would something like <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> #dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>work? How would, could (should?) I use dd?
I assume I would first need to format the replacement drive with appropriate
partitions (ext3 and swap). After the files are copied, I suppose I could
rejumper the target drive to make it /hda or just edit it’s /etc/fstab.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>What other tools might fit the task?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:red'>-Craig</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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