Swap 32gb Cf For Microdrive, Easy Way to Do This... Options

[ArchiMark]

Decided to take the plunge and got a new 32GB A-Data CF Card today....



Want to do this swap the right way and hopefully easy way....

I assume that I can 'clone' my current Debian EABI setup on my existing 6GB microdrive over to the new 32GB CF card, right?

Would this be the right way to do it?

1) Format new 32GB card and make 2 partitions; ext3 (/dev/hdc1 /mnt/cf) and a small swap (512MB on /dev/hdc2 /mnt/cf2).

2) Copy over current microdrive debian contents on hda2 over to new ext3 partition on 32GB CF card by doing:

CODE

#dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/dev/cf

* Note: hda1 on my existing microdrive is my swap partition.

So, is this correct way???

Thanks!

Mark

This post has been edited by ArchiMark: Apr 1 2008, 07:24 PM

[ArchiMark]

Oooooo Nooooo. How fast is it? Was it priced reasonably?
I've never moved stuff with dd like that--I'd have tried tar, but only on fa,iliarity, not on the belief that tar would be a better way to do it. You are probably right.

I'm not sure how fast it is....but it was priced very reasonably I though from SuperMediaStore.com....

$149.99 for the 32GB CF and $69.99 for a 16GB SDHC Card....

@Archimark: I think that your cloning progedure needs some input from someone who has tried it. Possibly ZDevil or some of the others who have tarred up filesystems might be able to give some good advice here about using their methods.

Sounds like a good idea, tux.....

ZDevil, where are you???.... or anyone else....




Cheers