On 1/14/07, Abu Zaher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My question is slightly related to this post, so I'm posting it here. I'm currently running my Sid on a 40GB hdd which is running out of life, In a few days I'll buy a new 80GB. Now what is the best way 2 dump my whole / to my hdd so that I can boot and do all my stuff from that hdd? I mean the above discussion is for /var/lib/mysql, will the same work for / ?
Bought a new hdd yesterday and solved the problem in my way. First i booted with ubuntu live cd. Partitioned the new hard drive with some ext3 filesystem. Then mounted them: #mount -t ext3 /dev/hda5 /mnt/new_debian #mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc6 /mnt/old_debian #cp -av /mnt/old_debian/. /mnt/new_debian/. then mounted proc #mount -t proc /proc /mnt/new_debian/proc #chroot /mnt/new_debian /bin/bash editted fstab and mtab to reflect my new hdd setting #vim /etc/fstab #vim /etc/mtab Then run grub #grub
root (hd0,4) setup (hd0) quit
#grub-install /dev/hda My new system is working as good as my old one now. -- Abu Zaher Md. Faridee --- Time heals every wound, but time itself is a wound that never heals.
