On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 17:25 +0100, François Cerbelle wrote: > > Le Mer 26 novembre 2008 09:39, tom arnall a écrit : > > Copy to the new machine from old with: > > su > > mount /dev/sda3 /sD > > cp -dRvpu / /sD > > The drive on the new machine is bigger and of a > > different brand. For the copy, the new drive is > > attached to the old machine as a usb drive. > > am i missing anything? > > You will eventually have to check/adapt the /sD/etc/fstab file if the > partition scheme changed. > > You will have to reinstall the bootloader (grub or lilo) either in the MBR > (Master Boot Record) or in the active partition BR (Boot Record). > > Fanfan > -- > http://www.cerbelle.net - http://www.afdm-idf.org
When installing the bootloader, do not forget to 'chroot /sD', otherwise it will install the bootloader again on / ,instead of the new disk! Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]