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KingBeetle
2009-09-23
2013-04-05

  • KingBeetle

    KingBeetle - 2009-09-23

    My working day-to-day GNU/Linux Wolvix install occupies about 4.5GB of the 7GG on my hard drive, with another 1.5GB partitioned as swap, which only leaves me about 1GB of available space.  That seemed like plenty of space left until I had occaision to download an 700MB ISO image.  That left me with only 300MB free on the hard drive.  Time to find a bigger drive.

      I scrounged a 16GB drive out of one of the old systems in my computer boneyard (I knew I was saving all that junk for something!) and installed it as a second drive in the system.  At this point I realized I had a problem; how to get my working Wolvix installation onto the bigger drive without completely re-installing everything?  The answer?  Clonezilla Live!

      After downloading the ISO, verifying the checksum and burning the ISO to a 200MB mini CD (I love those things!), I booted the Live CD, stepped through the simple menus, and within 15 minutes had completely cloned my Wolvix install on the new drive.

      A quick edit to GRUB's menu.lst file to point to the install on the new drive, and an edit to /etc/fstab to move the filesystem root and swap to the new drive, and my existing install was now up and running on the new hard drive.

      After some testing to make sure everything was working properly,  I deleted the Wolvix and swap partitions completely from the old 7GB drive.   The entire operation took less than an hour.

      I just want to say thanks for providing this great tool that made an otherwise daunting task a piece of cake!

     

  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2009-09-23

    kbeetle,

    Thanks for telling us that. We are happy to know Clonezilla works there. :)

    Do you mind if we put your post in:

    http://clonezilla.org/testimonial/

    Steven.

     

  • KingBeetle

    KingBeetle - 2009-09-24

    Sure!  Feel free to use my post as a testimonial. 

     

  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2009-09-24

    kbeetle,

    Thanks. We have added yours in http://clonezilla.org/testimonial/

    Thanks again.

    Steven.

     

  • KingBeetle

    KingBeetle - 2009-09-25

    Thank you for including a link to my blog as well!  Just in 24 hours it has already generated close to 50 hits!

    KB

     

  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2009-09-26

    :)

    Cool!

    Steven.

     

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