Backup & restore of FC3 partition/disk?

[Franco]

Max L. Eidswick ha scritto:
> This is a resend of this earlier message – I could not find it or any 
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> Hi, All – I have FC3 on a removable disk in my ThinkPad a31p (a 60GB).  
> I need to use that disk for some other testing and do not want to lose 
> my FC3 setup.  I am sure it is not using more that 15GB and I have an 
> extra 20GB that I would like to use for FC3 instead.
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> Is there any EASY way for me to backup my FC3 disk/partition and restore 
> it on another disk?  The first disk is larger, but the target disk is 
> large enough to handle the FC3 space used …
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> *Max L. Eidswick*
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Hi, for me the best way is to install another copy of FC3 on a smaller 
HD with the same partition and then use rsync to copy the old hd on the new.