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Re: [BackupPC-users] Move BackupPC "TopDir" To New Larger Hard Drive

2013-07-23 05:04:37
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Move BackupPC "TopDir" To New Larger Hard Drive
From: "Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler AT tolaris DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:02:48 +0100
On 2013-07-23 00:54, rblake3 wrote:
> What am I missing?  What can I do to efficiently get the data copied from 
> olddrive to newdrive without this problem?

The fastest way to do this is to do a blockwise copy of the old
drive/partition to the new, then expand the filesystem with resize2fs or
parted.

Unmount both drives, then:

dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M
resize2fs /dev/sdc1

As others will tell you, copying the BackupPC pool file-by-file is a pain
in the ass. Avoid it entirely.

Regards,
Tyler

-- 
"The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very
young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must
be won on this earth or not at all."
   -- Anne Smedley

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