x0054 <x0054@index.com> wrote:

>Doug Mitton <doug_mitton********.x.com> wrote in
>news:31p7n39gdii0pjh3kptoia4ug1lt5k583n@4ax.com :
>
>> Hello again, this is a second part to my "Holiday Drive Recovery" post
>> made a few moments ago.
>>
>> There have been some threads in the past several months on how to
>> recover a hard drive installation using the `dd` command between to
>> mismatched drive sizes. I just can't seem to find them. Does anyone
>> have any links or a procedure?
>>
>> What I'm referring to is ... `dd` the drive image from a smaller
>> partition to a larger partition ... now the problem is the larger
>> partition thinks it is the same size as the smaller one. There had
>> been a thread at one point of some commands to recover the lost space
>> ... for both Linux and MSWin as I (seem to) remember.
>>
>> Any pointers or comments would be appreciated. TIA!
>>
>What type of file system are you using? I believe that there are commands
>to extend or grow most file systems. For instance, I know for sure that
>it's possible with riserfs. Let us know which file system you are using and
>I am sure some one can help, this is a pretty simple thing I believe,
>though I never had to do it my self.
>
> - Bogdan

I'm using ext3. I thought there were some "detailed" instructions to
do this but maybe I was mistaken. Thanks!


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