look up on dd disk dump copies mbr the lot! Let me know if you still have probs ----- Original Message ----- From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] WoooHooo!!! Hard disk upgrade, but now a problem. > > > > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Franki wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have just got the opportunity to swap my Western Digital 20gig 7200rpm > > > (three month old) drive,, > > > and I have chosen a 61.4 gig IBM 7200rpm drive to replace it, (also > > > upgrading the box to 512mb ram,,,,) > > > > > > I have heard many bad things about the WD harddisks, so when a friend > > > needed a new big hard drive for his 233mmx system, I did a deal and now I > > > am rearing to go with the IBM. > > > should make a nice combo,,,, > > > > > > But I don't want to have to reinstall the whole thing again if I can > > > avoid it.... > > > > > > The 20 gig is currently divided into partitions like /tmp /home /var/ > > > /usr etc etc... and running Reiserefs everywhere possible. > > > > > > In windows systems, I used Ghost many times to just mirror the old drives > > > onto the new ones,,,,,, > > > > > > > > > Is there anything at all like that for linux? > > > > > > I hate the idea of the hours I am gonna waste getting it all perfect > > > again on the new drive (the old one, install is 2 months old, got it > > > perfect and it has an uptime of over a month now. (web and mail server)) > > > , so I was hoping there was a shortcut I could make...to save me the > > > reload.... any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > any suggestions would be much appreciated. > > > > > > > > > kindest regards > > > > > > > > > Frank > > Well you can make exact copies with > > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc > > Or you can make some bigger partitions on your new drive and use this on > a mounted partition by partition basis > > cp -a /usr/* /newusr/ > > Whewre you edit your partition table to include the partitions you have made > on your target drive into the table on your current drive (and you make the > partitions in the same order if not the same size so that /newusr is hdc8 if > /usr is hda8. > > Once done with that, you put hdc in primary master position, boot from the > rescue CD by the usual method, and > > # mount /dev/hdax /mnt # x is the number of your root partition > # chroot /mnt > # /sbin/lilo > # sync > > Then hit the reset switch and remove the CD. You will be nbooting in > business. > > Civileme > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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