[11:38] <orly_owl> what program will clone from bigger to smaller hdd?
[11:41] <head_victim> orly_owl: rsync?
[11:42] <orly_owl> hmm
[11:42] <orly_owl> what commands though
[11:42] <orly_owl> i will use a live cd
[11:42] <orly_owl> cloning internal hdd to usb hdd
[11:43] <head_victim> Depends on the use case for the backup
[11:43] <orly_owl> usb hdd will go into another pc
[11:44] <orly_owl> source disk has a distro installed on it
[11:44] <head_victim> Ah, probably look at gparted to reduce the size of the hdd and then use clonezilla to make it go.
[11:44] <orly_owl> 2hrm
[11:45] <head_victim> rsync might do it but you'd have to look up what switches would need to be used (I only use it for file backup, not entire systems)
[11:45] <head_victim> Resizing partitions is going to be slow though from memory.
[11:45] <orly_owl> prolly
[11:45] <orly_owl> tar seems like a better option
[11:49] <head_victim> Use what you know I say.
[11:50] <orly_owl> i really dont know any cloning tools that well
[11:50] <orly_owl> ive used clonezilla but it doesnt clone to smaller disks
[11:51] <head_victim> I've never really cloned anything, just backed up.
[11:52] <head_victim> Worst case I start over and suck back directories I think I need.
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[12:32] <orly_owl> busy? it aint busy, its unmounted
[13:15] <orly_owl> hey, who has a 2.5" ide hdd they dont want?
[13:20] <ikt> 2.5" ide
[13:20] <orly_owl> thats what i said ^^
[13:20] <ikt> pretty sure the only ones i have i throw out cuz they're busted
[13:20] <orly_owl> damn
[13:20] <orly_owl> you in melb?
[13:20] <ikt> adel
[13:21] <orly_owl> darn
[13:23] <orly_owl> when i go to make a swap partition it throws up an error
[13:24] <orly_owl> but i can slap on an ext4 partition ok
[13:24] <sagaci> swap partitions? who needs em
[13:24] <orly_owl> you think?
[13:24] <orly_owl> yeah im considering just omitting it
[13:24] <ikt> 8gb of ram ftw
[13:24] <orly_owl> this pc will have 1gb
[13:25] <orly_owl> so
[13:25] <sagaci> netbook?
[13:25] <orly_owl> pentium m laptop
[13:25] <orly_owl> toshiba portege m200 to be exact
[13:25] <orly_owl> ill have to hunt around for more ram if i have any
[13:25] <sagaci> my netbook is dying
[13:26] <orly_owl> whats wrong with it
[13:26] <sagaci> the y key has broken off and honey is down near the left ctrl
[13:26] <orly_owl> just replace the kb then
[13:27] <sagaci> the underlying plastice is nice to type on so I'm contemplating just taking off the keyboard letter
[13:27] <orly_owl> or that, yes
[13:27] <sagaci> I'd rather buy an ultrabook
[13:28] <sagaci> aka a netbook with a decent engine
[13:28] <orly_owl> ill take your netbook then
[13:28] <orly_owl> ^^
[13:28] <sagaci> it might work ok as an irc session or ssh to home at work
[15:24] <Lindon-Wynter> ikt: :)
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