I've seen (and kept) posts on how to transfer a system to a new HD.
what I'm stumped on is how this is done when /, /usr, and /home are on
*separate partitions* and I want to keep it that way. Can anyone tell
me how this is done? At this state the "find . -mount -depth
-print|cpio -pdmv /newtemp
"C.L. Daugaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've seen (and kept) posts on how to transfer a system to a new HD.
> what I'm stumped on is how this is done when /, /usr, and /home are on
> *separate partitions* and I want to keep it that way. Can anyone tell
> me how this is done? At this state
Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> cp -a `ls | grep -v proc` dummy
Oops, this needs to be
cp -a `ls | fgrep -v proc | fgrep -v 'lost+found'` dummy
or something similar.
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Try cp -ax /source /destination
The a option copies symbolic links as links, preserves permissions, and
copies directories recursively.
The x option tells cp to not copy anything on a different file system.
I have always used this method and the only thing I have to do is
create the directories
Try booting off a floppy, mounting the two drives/partions as
/mnt/target and /mnt/source
Then use the command
(cd /mnt/source && tar c .)|(cd /mnt/target && tar xvp)
That's how I recently moved my home directories to a bigger disk.
The p on the second tar statement is important because it preserv
"C.L. Daugaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
> VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
>
> I ran rdev on the kernel for the new root device and updated and
> double-checked the info in the fstab and mtab files and the loadlin boo
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, C.L. Daugaard wrote:
>
> I've seen (and kept) posts on how to transfer a system to a new HD.
> what I'm stumped on is how this is done when /, /usr, and /home are on
> *separate partitions* and I want to keep it that way. Can anyone tell
> me how this is done? At this state
Mike Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> bring the system down to single user mode and mirror/copy(how?) the
> entire system onto the new partitions
There are many ways, but I'd suggest (assuming that you have the new
partition mounted on /mnt, and assuming that you want the entire old
drive on th
>
> Hello, I am running a mailserver for our network on a Debain 1.1
> system. I now need to upgrade the hard drive. Is there a way I can do this
> quick and painless? Perhaps down the server and intsall the new drive.
> Bring the server back up and fdisk and format the new drive, bring
Hello, I am running a mailserver for our network on a Debain 1.1
system. I now need to upgrade the hard drive. Is there a way I can do this
quick and painless? Perhaps down the server and intsall the new drive.
Bring the server back up and fdisk and format the new drive, bring the
system
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