Boot this: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
It contains "partimage" which makes it easy to copy partitions to a new
disk.
You might have to run grub-install.
I found this a very easy method to do exactly what you described.
-Chris
Eben King wrote:
> I'm upgrading hard drives (250 GB to 640 GB) when the new ones arrive
> in a few days. Since the sizes differ, I can't just copy the whole
> drive over and be done with it. What's the easiest/fastest way to end
> up with a bootable drive assuming I want the partitions in the same
> order, and I know what sizes I want them to be? fdisk the new drive
> to lay out the partitions, mkfs/mkswap each partition on the new
> drive, tar/cpio the files in each partition over, dd the new boot
> blocks (how many blocks?), fudge anything that needs to know the new
> UUIDs, and that's it?
>
> Or is it possible to copy the whole drive, then resize the partition
> table (I guess)? That would definitely be easiest, if it's possible.
>
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