Grant wrote: >>> I'm about to switch from one SATA hard drive to another and I'm >>> planning on going through the normal installation process except for >>> copying over the data on each partition of my old drive to the >>> corresponding partition on my new drive. Is there anything to watch >>> out for? Pitfalls to avoid, etc? >>> >>> - Grant >>> >>> >> You should take a look at this one: >> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Move_Gentoo_Installation_to_new_hard_disk >> > > Thank you, I've booted to a LiveCD I'm in the middle of copying > everything from the old drive to the new drive with: > > cp -ax /olddrive/* /newdrive/ > > but it's taking hours. Both drives are SATAII and there is about > 250GB of data to transfer. The CD spins periodically, the hard disk > activity light stays lit, and I can hear the old drive working > periodically, but I'm thinking this is too long. > > Is there something I could have forgotten to do? Is there a way to > check on the progress? > > - Grant > > >
People told me that the -v option makes it slower but at least I can see if it is working. You may want to try ps -aux | grep cp and see if it shows anything. I have about 30Gbs of data on mine and I can tell you, it took a couple hours to get it moved over. It is a slow process. Dale :-) :-)
