On 7/1/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peng wrote: > > On 7/1/05, Christoph Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>what is the best way to upgrade my old machine from a 15GB > >>>drive to a 80GB. I dont want to have to reinstall gentoo, > >>>so is there an easier way to get this done. > >> > >>* Mount both drives in the computer > >>* Boot Knoppix (or any other distro) > >>* Mount both drives > >>* Use tar (or dd?) to copy all files from one to the other > >>drive > >>* Configure your boot manager > >> > >>=> Done > >> > >> > >>Best regards > >> > >> > >> ce > > > > > > What about just using "cp -a" to copy it all over? > > > > There are lots of possible tools to use. It was discussed here recently: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=111887482600007 > > Zac
Pah. The very day I go and 'cp -a' all the data from my old (possibly dying) hard drive to my new one after putting it off for weeks, I find out there are better ways to have done it. >_< -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
