Transferral of Ubuntu 8.10

[Ray Leventhal]

Fred Roller wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 17:08 -0500, J Bickhard wrote:
>> So, as all of the suggestions I got about my dual boot setup didn't
>> work, I'm gonna try it with two different drives. Only problem is, I
>> have an Ubuntu 8.10 installation on my 5GB hard drive, and want to
>> move it onto my 40GB hard drive. How can I copy the entire disk image
>> onto my 40GB hard drive? I will then boot off of the 40GB, with a menu
>> option to boot into Windows on my 80GB.
>>
>>
>> Jake, Editor of Micro 100 Magazine
>>
> 
> Assuming both drives are on the same system:
> 
> boot livecd
> open terminal
> 
> sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=4028 conv=notrunc
> 
> sda=5Gb old drive
> sdb=40Gb new drive
> 
> double check these to be sure
> 
> Once complete use System->Administration->Partition Editor
> to expand your 40Gb drive.
> 
That was not only to the point, it was spot on right.

I was getting ready to answer this post with a long-winded version, but 
Fred got it :)

-R