On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Fernando Tadeu Caldeira Brandt wrote:
I am planing to install a new bigger hard disk. I will
keep the old one but I would like to move Debian Linux
to the new disk. Is it safe to use dd? If not, what would
be the most pratical way to do that without having to
remember all customization, etc?
Fernando
It's best to boot from floppies (to avoid endless loop of the following
command), mount your old disk under, say, /mnt, and your new disk under,
say, /mnttt. Well then just run the following command:
cp -dpR /mnt /mnttt
If you want to see which files are copied, add the switch -v. It will
take a little long time :)
Then, Don't Forget To Re-install Lilo! (maybe after you remove your old
disk, and boot from floppy giving the kernel root=somtehing parameter,
and then you maybe have to rdev /vmlinuz /dev/hda1 or something).
Have fun,
Vadik.
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