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0001 <sect1 id="howto-copypartition">
0002         <title>How-To: Copying a Partition</title>
0003 
0004         <para>
0005                 This how-to describes copying a partition. We will assume the intention is to copy a partition from one device to another and overwriting an existing target partition, but the general procedure would not be much different when copying to the same device or to some unallocated area.
0006         </para>
0007 
0008         <para>
0009                 The following screenshot shows how the source device looks like:
0010         </para>
0011 
0012         <para>
0013                 <screenshot>
0014                         <mediaobject>
0015                                 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="copy_howto_1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
0016                                 <textobject><phrase>Main window with source device</phrase></textobject>
0017                         </mediaobject>
0018                 </screenshot>
0019         </para>
0020 
0021         <para>
0022                 The source partition in our example will be <quote>sdb1</quote> which is currently mounted, indicated by the lock-icon next to the mount point name in the screen shot. A mounted partition can not be copied, thus you first need to unmount it: Click on it then select <xref linkend="menu-partition-mount"/>.
0023         </para>
0024 
0025         <para>
0026                 After unmounting the partition the lock icon has gone and it is now possible to select <xref linkend="menu-partition-copy"/>. This puts <quote>sdb1</quote> in &partman;'s clipboard; in other words: <quote>sdb1</quote> is now the partition that will be inserted when you select <xref linkend="menu-partition-paste"/>.
0027         </para>
0028         
0029         <para>
0030                 The destination device for copying in this how-to is <quote>/dev/sdc</quote>. Click on it in the Devices panel. This is how the device looks like before copying:
0031         </para>
0032         
0033         <para>
0034                 <screenshot>
0035                         <mediaobject>
0036                                 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="copy_howto_2.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
0037                                 <textobject><phrase>Main window with destination device before copying</phrase></textobject>
0038                         </mediaobject>
0039                 </screenshot>
0040         </para>
0041 
0042         <para>
0043                 The partition to overwrite is <quote>sdc5</quote>. To paste the copied partition into it, click on it and select <xref linkend="menu-partition-paste"/>. You will see the operation to copy the partition has been added to the list of pending operations. Note that there is no dialog box required to insert the partition as would be the case if you pasted into an unallocated area: Beginning and end of the pasted partition are determined by the overwritten partition.
0044         </para>
0045 
0046         <para>
0047                 Now select <xref linkend="menu-edit-apply"/> and the partition will be copied. See the <link linkend="howto-resizepartition">how-to on resizing partitions</link> for details about applying operations.
0048         </para>
0049 </sect1>
0050