Want to replace System Drive

Hi
I have a Xserve running OS X Server v 10.5
Right now it has the 80GB apple drive module, and it is really full. I want to replace the module with a larger drive, probably the 160GB module. What would be the best way of swaping the drives?
I was thinking of maybe booting the server in target disk mode and using disk utility to create an image of the system drive, but I"m not to clear on how to "install" that image on the new drive.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
-ray

This is pretty easy - no need to mess with Target Disk Mode or disk images.
Just boot the system from the install DVD. Once the installer launches choose 'Terminal' from the Utilities menu and use the command-line tool asr to replicate your drive. Something along the lines of:
asr --source /Volumes/ORIGINAL_BOOT --target /Volumes/NEW_DRIVE --erase
This tells asr to copy /Volumes/ORIGINAL_BOOT to /Volumes/NEW_DRIVE after erasing NEW_DRIVE.
When complete, NEW_DRIVE will be a clone of ORIGINAL_BOOT. Once its done you should be able to select NEW_DRIVE as your boot drive and you're done.

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