Transfer F7 partition to a new hard disk

[Paul Smith]

On 10/20/07, Jonathan Dieter <jdieter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks to all. I have followed Jonathan's method, but I did not remove
> > the old disk. However, I did increase the priority of the new disk as
> > the first one. However, I get the following:
> >
> > # /sbin/fdisk -l
> >
> > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500106780160 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> > Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81963220480 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdb1   *           1        9965    80040960    7  HPFS/NTFS
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdc: 120.0 GB, 120033041920 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdc1               1        3187    25597952    6  FAT16
> > /dev/sdc2            3188        3200      104422+  83  Linux
> > /dev/sdc3            3201       14593    91514272+  8e  Linux LVM
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdd: 160.0 GB, 160040803840 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdd1   *           1       10000    80324968+  83  Linux
> > /dev/sdd2           10001       19457    75963352+  8e  Linux LVM
> > #
> >
> > The new disk is /dev/sda. It is rather strange that it says:
> >
> > "Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table"
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Paul
>
> Which one was your source drive?  The partition table should have been
> copied over from it to the destination drive along with everything else.

It was /dev/sdd1. I did not want to copy the two partitions of /dev/sdd.

Paul