Re: [cobalt-users] 20 gig drives are running (well), only one problem

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 jale@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
> >Odd, it has something to do with info copied by dd, probably should have
> >used cp -a or a program called pcopy (partition copy)
> >I would have thought it would have re-written the partition table.
>
> I was thinking about cp; will cp -a copy EVERYTHING in the partition,
> hidden/system files, ... if so, it would be a good idea.
>
> Now lets say I go this route, does this sound correct:
> be sure my 2 new drives are synced. Put drive 2 on the side.
> Put back in original 13 gig drive
> Re-fdisk the new drive and do the same as I did before but use cp instead
> of dd. mail19.messagelabs.com mail19.messagelabs.com> Thanks,
> Jale
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> Then I will have just copied files and not screwed with anything else.
> Then take out the 13, put the 20 in the primary, but back the other 20, and
> cp the files from the /home to the re-fdisked drive getting all current web
> site/email files back
> Then re-fdisk the 2nd drive and dd from one 20 to the backup 20.
>
> Does that sound correct - if no new users have been added and I'm only
> worried about not losing email and website updates, would copying partition
> 4 from the current drives be the only thing I really have to worry about?

> Aren't the partition tables what I see in fdisk?? that would mean they are
> really okay, and inode tables (or something technical sounding) got matched
> to the original drives without screwing up the partition tables, like the
> adding RAM issue, if the dd effected them it could have made a real mess. I
> think I'm in better shape, I just have to get the system to realize the
> larger partitions are there. What is df really showing, it must be from
> someplace other than partition tables, more higher level than that. I
> really wonder if fsck will pick up on any this and take care of it, would
> save me a lot of work.
>

Try fsck, but do it on the secondary drive not the primary. It may find the errors.
At any rate it would be an interesting experiment.


Gerald
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