2010/1/15 Jarry <mr.ja...@gmail.com>: > Hi, I'm facing this problem: > > I want to exchange hard-drive in my computer for other, bigger > one. I do not want to add new hard-drive somewhere on mount-point > permanently, I just want to copy everything from the old drive > to the new one and then get rid of the old one. And of course, > I'd like to use my computer as before. What is the best (maybe > I should ask for safest) way to acomplish this? > > First I thought about "cp -a". But I'm not sure which directories > I should skip (/proc, maybe some other like /dev?). And I do not > know how cp handles links (if I first copy link and later target, > where is the link pointing? to the original file or its copy?). > > Maybe dump/restore is better solution? Or something else? > > Jarry >
I've done it twice with the following method : http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html There are a few things to change : no more Lilo, ext2, IDE, diskettes these days But the check list is complete so you won't forget important points. Mickaël Bucas
