--- Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 24 May 2004 12:09 am, Thomas Wilkowski > wrote: > > Mandrake10 . I got all settled in and prepared to > copy > > and transfer away. Wow! I never thought it would > be > > such a process. > > I am not going to address any of the problems you > laid out because I have had > the most success doing this in a different way. It > involves duplicating the > file system using cp with the -a switch, which > maintains all datestamps and > file permissions (I think it stands for archive) > I'll describe it to you and > see what you think. > > First create your partitions as you have done. Then > create a temporary > mounpoint. I use something like /mnt/newdrive. > Mount the new root partition > at /mnt/newdrive and then create mountpoints for > your other partitions there, > I think you had /usr and /home. So you would now > mount your new /usr > and /home at /mnt/newdrive/usr and > /mnt/newdrive/home. > > Now you can simply copy over the existing file > system using cp -a. I do it > one directory at a time to make sure everything goes > smoothly. > > cp -a /boot /mnt/newdrive > > cp -a /etc//mnt/newdrive > > etc., etc. > > After you are done, make any modifications you need > to your /etc/fstab and > make sure that you can boot to the new drive by > adding an entry to it in your > exiting lilo.conf. Once you are booted to the new > filesystem, then you can > convert to using its LILO by setting up the > lilo.conf and re-running lilo > from the new filesystem. > -- > /g >
Thanks alot! Your detailed explanation made it very easy to understand. There are a few questions though about the 'cp' command. When I read about it over the weekend I was unsure of two ellements: 1. Does 'cp' maintain the integrity of exacutable files? 2. Will 'cp' work if the destination partition is larger than the source partition? I gather from your description that "Yes" answers both questions. One question more. At what point do I make the new "hd" the master? After I boot onto in from the current drive's boot-loader and deal with /ect/fstabs, or do I deal with it straight away using the rescue disk to install a boot-loader? Thanks again for your thought and clarity. tsw > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/
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