Hi, Even for root, tar options given previously and cpio work perfectly. With partimaged, U better make sure your enw root partition is "exactly" the same size as the old. Slightly bigger new root, and the extra space will be wasted. Slightly smaller new root, and U wont be able to restore to a smaller partition than what u began with.
_Thanks Richard Mollel --- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 07:17, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > Forget cp, it will nearly always choke on some > things. To get a > > "reliable" copy, that guarentees all permissions, > and ownerships will > > stay in tact: > > > > #> cd / > > #> find /[old-home] -print | cpio -pdumv > /[New-Home] > > > > Then make the appropriate changes to /etc/fstab, > and you're there. > > This one has never failed me. > > > > Ric > > > > For everything but / cp -ax works .... has for me. > But for / I > recommend looking at partimage creating the > diskettes and using those. > You get a clean image that way that is usable. To > make it bootable boot > from the rescue CD have it mount your linux system > then > > cd /mnt > > chroot /mnt lilo > > This will write the mbr needed ... reboot and you're > good to go. > > James > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 12:28:34PM +0000, > Christopher Joseph wrote: > > > First apologies. I have had some problems > getting the search function on > > > the mail archives to function properly this > morning so I have not been > > > able to trawl for past questions regarding the > same topic properly. > > > > > > The problem: > > > > > > I have bought a new 80 Gb ATA133 Hard disk for > my desktop running > > > mandrake linux. I would like to migrate some of > the partions on the > > > existing disk to the new disk and then 'grow' > the remaining partitions > > > to fill the original disk. > > > > > > I tried moving /home, /usr and /var on to the > new disk by simply using > > > SU on konqueror and simply copying the files > accross. I them altered > > > /etc/fstab to mount the new partitions at > reboot. > > > > > > BUT - the copy process changed a lot of > permissions and all kinds of > > > things have errored > > > > > > Like: > > > > > > opening emacs I couldn't save back to my emacs > preferences because the > > > .emacs... file had been chmodded as part of the > copy process. > > > > > > or > > > > > > any number of services failed to shutdown or > start despite there being > > > no failures in the copy process. Again probably > down to permissions. > > > > > > > > > The Question: > > > > > > How should I migrate partions (/var, /usr, > /home) onto the new disk and > > > grow the remaining ones (/, SWAP). > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > -- > > > Christopher Joseph > > > > > > ------------------- > > > http://www.ideadesigners.com [iseries & web > technologies] > > > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ICQ: 78019724 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
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