There is a HOWTO written up on the general subject of copying a Linux installation, and that's what got me started. You can find it here:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html Tom Viktor Lakics wrote: > > I got a crazy idea: if you want to make 100 % sure that you do not > brake your production system, why don't you have an exact copy of > that system before you do an upgrade (or just use that system for > trying out things, which you cannot afford on your system). > > I got a spare 2 Gig partition on my system, and I want to give it a > try. I just do not know how to start this? O.K. I could probably do > it with hard disk image program, but then what configuration files > do I have to edit (exept /etc/fstab) after my root partition moves > from /dev/hda8 to /dev/hda7... > > Anyone have done it already? All comments and possible ways to do it > are welcome! > > Thanks in advance. -- Viktor