Resizing partitions and copying data with dd - SOLVED

[McDougall, Marshall (FSH)]

 Thanks to all who responded.  Jack's method is the closest to what I
finally ended up doing.  The next time I do undertake this exercise, I
will pursue the Live CD method.  I'm sure it will simplify things.
Thanks again everybody.

Regards, Marshall

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jack Challen
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:25 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Resizing partitions and copying data with dd

McDougall, Marshall (FSH) wrote:
> Thanks, Mike, but that didn't work either.  It wanted to take
> everything, including all the data from the other mounts, and put it
> under /newroot, not just the / contents.

You can try using

cp -dpR /* /newroot

however, considering you're doing this from a live system, I think the 
expected results qualify as "undefined" :)
It'll also complain about attempting to copy /newroot inside itself, but

you can ignore that.

If you want to do this the Right Way, boot from a LiveCD and copy 
between the two partitions.

cheers
jack

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