copying partitions from sata to sata

[Sean Keating]

I have had great success using parted to copy one drive (or one
partition) to another drive.  It lets me resize at the same time.  You
will need to boot off a parted CD in order to do this.  Also, be aware
that when you do this it is an exact copy.  Both disks will have the
same UUID, so be careful to change one of them before you reboot, or the
system gets very confused.  (The parted CD lets you start a terminal
session so you can do it there.) 
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