Seeker5528 wrote: > On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:51:10 -0500 > KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have a 80GB+40GB pair of HDDs in my desktop. The 40GB is the one which >> came with the system and contains the original Windows installation. The >> 80GB hard disk contains the Debian unstable system with different >> partitions for /, /boot, /usr, /home, /tmp, /var and a couple of others >> for data storage. >> >> I have ordered a 320GB SATA disk (along with a Promise controller card) > > My normal method of dealing with this is to boot from a live CD, > usually System Rescue CD or RIP: > > http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page > http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ > > : create the partitions you want, at the sizes you want, format them, > change to the /mnt directory on the cd, make directories for each drive > (olddrive and newdrive). Mount all the partitions reletive to the way > the are when running from the drive. > > Root of the old drive mounted at /mnt/olddrive, home on the old drive > mounted at /mnt/olddrive/home, etc..., and the same for the new drive. > > With all relevant partitions mounted you would then do: > > cp -av /mnt/olddrive/* /mnt/newdrive > > : After all files are copied, edit the fstab file on the new drive as > necessary. > > I don't know what issues there might be with the SATA getting the > system to boot from the new drive. If it's not an issue to keep the old > and new drive both hooked up, I expect it shouldn't be a huge of an > issue to boot into the old installation and sort out any of the > remaining stuff that needs to be done. > > Later, Seeker > >
Thanks. That is the method I found after doing some search on google. Seems to be the one with least risk :). Thanks again, /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]