RE: [cobalt-users] rsync mechanism, idea to increase to 20gig

["Paul Alcock" <webmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I have an idea to bring my system to 20 gig easily, but I don't know if
> rsync will be okay or cough. Is rsync like the dd, a mirror mechanism, or
> does it file compare?
>
> Here's what I'd like to do:
> Put in new 20gig drive as 2nd drive and dd to it. Move this new drive to
> primary position. Put on another 20 gig drive as 2nd drive. dd to
> it. Now I
> have 2 20gig drives but with 13gig partitioned.
>
> Then I want to remove the 1st 20gig and put the original 13gig back in. I
> think I could then rsync between the 13 gig and 20 gig, not sure if I
> should re-dd from the 13 to the 20 since there was an intermediary drive.
>
> Take the now removed 20gig drive, use partition magic to increase to full
> 20gig.
>
> Pull out 20gig drive that was on 2nd IDE and put in this now full-20 gig
> drive. rsync to it from the 13  ????? This is the question - is
> it okay to
> now rsync to a drive that has been out for some X amount of time?
> And will
> rsync work okay with a 13gig partitioned on one and 20gig on the other.
>
As a Brit (US Citizen) couldn't resist... So, Whose on 1st?

Paul