[wplug] Working with a DD image

[scoob8000]

I'll have to give that a shot, I didn't think it could be so easy.  :)

Thanks
Mike

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Moshe Hyzon <mokatz at gmail.com> wrote:
> more than likely, you can use gnu parted
>  (http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/index.shtml) and just operate on
>  the image instead of a normal block device.
>
>  So you'd do something like:
>
>  # parted imagefile.img
>
>  or whatever, and it would just work.
>
>
>  If you had just a single partition as an image, you could run
>  resize2fs directly on it.  But for a full disk, a complete tool like
>  parted would probably be best.
>
>  Moshe
>
>
>
>
>  On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:42 AM, scoob8000 <scoob8000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I did some data recovery on a disk, and now need to put it back on the
>  >  replacement drive which is smaller.
>  >
>  >  Problem being, I need to resize the partitions first..
>  >
>  >  So long story short, can I mount the image in a manner that I can
>  >  resize the partitions on it before putting it
>  >  on the new drive?
>  >
>  >  Any thoughts/comments appreciated!
>  >
>  >  -Mike
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