green schreef: >> ok, does it help if i have another machine where i can mount both the >> old laptop drive and the newer laptop drive and then do a copy >> everything from old to new and still retain a working machine? > > You need a separate Linux, ideally. So you can use a different computer with > Linux available or boot from LiveCD on your ThinkPad (I suppose your X61 has > no > CD drive). Probably the easiest way is to get yourself a usb 2.5'' sata case. Get the old drive out of your laptop and put the new one in. Boot with a live cd (knoppix, debian) and make the partitions to your liking on the new drive. Then, mount both drives and do a cp -a /media/olddrive /media/newdrive. Finally, chroot to /media/newdrive, do a grub-install /dev/sda (or whatever other device your new drive is mounted on), and check that if you have a swap partition the pointers in /etc are still okay. When done, reboot. If things fail, you'll always have your old drive as a safe backup.
Sjoerd
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