easiest way to replace hard drive?

[Joel Gomberg]

On 10/08/2009 09:48 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there an easy way to transfer a system from one drive (holding boot,
> swap, lvm partitions, in the default F11 layout) to a different hard
> drive, if the new drive is smaller?
>
> If the new drive is larger, dd could be used in a fairly straightforward
> way.
>
> However, I want to try replacing a 160 GB hard drive with an Intel 80 GB
> solid-state drive, just for fun...

Clonezilla worked like a charm for me, but I was going from a smaller drive to a 
larger one.  I believe that it can handle your situation.

-- 
Joel