[GLLUG] Dual-Boot Copy?

[Michael George]

On Tue, October 30, 2007 1:39 pm, Mike Neir wrote:
> Rsync is easily one of my favorite apps, but I wouldn't try rsycning a
> NTFS/FAT partition though. It might work, but he's going to be much
> better off making a bit-for-bit copy using dd, and then resizing
> afterwards. I replied to the inital post,but it seems my reply was lost.
> Hopefully this one shows up.

True, I overlooked the Windoze partition bit.  That jimmies things up a
bit...

> Michael George wrote:
>> I second the vote for rsync.
>>
>> Even once you copy your data to the new drive, you will still need to
>> install GRUB there so that you can boot from them.  I used to have notes
>> on how to do that...  It's not difficult, but the notes make it faster.
>>
>> On Tue, October 30, 2007 12:54 pm, Karl Schuttler wrote:
>>
>>> I like rsync a lot.
>>>
>>> On 10/30/07, Benjamin Cathey <benjamincathey at catheycompany.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think this has been asked before (I know I asked it using two
>>>> computers and a network and that was easy) but:
>>>>
>>>> I have an 80 gig dual boot xp/ubuntu machine (dual using grub) that I
>>>> want to copy to a 250 gig drive.  I know I can use gparted to make the
>>>> partitions take up the rest of the space but what is the easiest way
>>>> to
>>>> copy this information?  I assume using a live cd (like INSERT Security
>>>> or SOMETHING) but am not sure what steps to take.  I would like the
>>>> simplest solution possible . . .
>>>>
>>>> I am sure some of you have done this before so I am checking here
>>>> first.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Benjamin Cathey
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