At 07:20 AM 9/3/96 -0600, you wrote: > >Is there a simple way to migrate a Debian system to another hard drive? > >On our Debian system, we have two hard drives. The primary drive has the >root directory and swap partition and is bootable. It also contains the >various Debian software packages, programs, libraries, etc. The second >drive just has the /home directory tree. > >Our problem is that the primary drive is starting to make some "expensive >sounding noises" and may not last much longer. We would like simply to >migrate the entire system to the second hard drive and disconnect the >first drive. Is there an easy way to do this without reinstalling the >entire system and fixing up all the configuration files? > >Thanks, > >// Tim Egbert >// Bioengineering Lab, Anesthesiology Department >// University of Utah Health Sciences Center > > >
I have done this under other flavors of UNIX by doing a full dump to tape, then doing a fresh install of just a base system, then doing a full restore from tape. As I recall, some of the symbolic links didn't come back right and I had to tweak them manually, but I got the systems up and running without too much pain. I am interested to hear others' opinions about this. --- Key fingerprint = D6 A7 D7 8C 92 CB 42 FD 60 D5 62 1C D7 B9 EA 8E Ken Gaugler N6OSK Hybrid Networks, Inc. Cupertino, Calif. URL: www.hybrid.com (home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: users.aimnet.com/~keng) "The life of a Repo Man is ALWAYS INTENSE..."
