Grub uses them too...But I changed them in grub.cfg and fstab (and /etc/cryptab), and grub was still having issues...I tried both update-grub /dev/sda and dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-3.2.0-2-amd64 (to rebuild the initramfs) and both gave me disk not found.
--b On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Till Hofmann > <hofmannt...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >> You can change the UUIDs of your new drive so they match the ones of the old >> drive. >> tune2fs -U <NEWUUID> /dev/<HD-PARTITION> >> see man tune2fs . >> >> Just make sure you don't mix up the two drives since they will have >> identical UUIDs (which defeats the purpose of unique IDs). > > Or, boot with a live CD and edit the places where they are used - > probably just /etc/fstab unless grub uses them too. > > If you are looking for a painless way to back up and restore a whole > linux sustem, look at clonezilla-live which will do partition-image > copies or ReaR which will will do a traditional tar backup but will > also build a boot ISO with a script to reconstruct your filesystem > layout and restore it. With a little fiddling you can adjust the > destination sizes. I'm not sure how either will mesh with encrypted > disks, though. I think ReaR could be tuned to do the parts of a bare > metal restore that backuppc needs fairly easily since it is just a > bunch of shell scripts. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikes...@gmail.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
