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Re: Extract a partition from a USB Stick
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doughty, Marc)
Fri Oct 26 10:49:03 2012
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:48:53 -0400
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You should be able to 'dd' the whole device to the larger drive, then use
'gparted' from a machine that has Linux installed to 'grow' the partition
to fit the space. Some of that depends on the filesystem used.
- Marc Doughty
"If you aren't sure who is the give-way vessel, you are the give-way
vessel."
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Mike King <me@mpking.com> wrote:
> We have a Live Linux USB stick we use, and it was originally created on a
> 4GB USB Stick (2GB windows mountable partition, that is also mounted in the
> 700MB Linux partition for persistent storage).
>
> We don't have to original Live CD ISO any more. Before we go and try an
> re-create it, is there a way to extract this 700MB Linux partition, so we
> could load it onto a larger stick? (Currently we've been just imaging the
> USB stick onto larger capacities, but we'd like to utilize the large space
> we've been buying.
>
> Mike
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You should be able to 'dd' the whole device to the larger drive, th=
en use 'gparted' from a machine that has Linux installed to 'gr=
ow' the partition to fit the space. Some of that depends on the filesys=
tem used.<br clear=3D"all">
<br>- Marc Doughty<br>"If you aren't sure who is the give-way vess=
el, you are the give-way vessel."<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Mike Ki=
ng <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:me@mpking.com" target=3D"_blank"=
>me@mpking.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
We have a Live Linux USB stick we use, and it was=A0originally=A0created on=
a 4GB USB Stick (2GB windows mountable=A0partition, that is also mounted i=
n the 700MB=A0Linux=A0partition=A0for=A0persistent=A0storage).<div><br></di=
v><div>We don't have to=A0original=A0Live CD ISO any more. =A0Before we=
go and try an re-create it, is there a way to extract this 700MB=A0Linux=
=A0partition, so we could load it onto a larger stick? =A0(Currently we'=
;ve been just imaging the USB stick onto larger=A0capacities, but we'd =
like to utilize the large space we've been buying.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike</div>
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