Brian Stempin on 19 Oct 2007 17:52:36 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] How best to replace old drive with new drive

  • From: "Brian Stempin" <brian.stempin@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] How best to replace old drive with new drive
  • Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:52:28 -0400
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On 10/19/07, Greg Lopp <lopp@pobox.com> wrote:
You are correct, but then he has an exact duplicate of the old drive and a whole bunch of empty space because the new drive is larger....but making use of that unused space might be an easier problem to solve than getting grub to work that first time


Etx3 partitions support expansion, so I would figure that this is not a difficult route to travel.
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