> failure, I need to move the system to a new HDD. This new drive is > bigger than the current one, so I can't just 'dd' from old one to the > new (and I'm not even sure if this could work - because of UUIDs > different for new disk?).
You can dd just fine. The result will be a disk where some part is currently unused, so you'll need to extend some of the partition (or add another), but that can be done very easily. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org