Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Jussi Lehtola wrote: > > Also, if you're running SELinux run >  # touch /mnt/newroot/.autorelabel > before rebooting, since rsync doesn't preserve security contexts.. Just use "rsync -aAHX" instead of "rsync -au" and you don't have to worry about an autorelabel (r

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/31/2010 03:21 PM, Jussi Lehtola wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 12:59 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is >> starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, >> I'd like to try to clone the existing drive to

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Jussi Lehtola
On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 12:59 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is > starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, > I'd like to try to clone the existing drive to a new one, then swap in > the new one. > > Wh

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/31/2010 02:18 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 07/31/2010 08:16 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: >> On 07/31/2010 06:59 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >>> According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is >>> starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, >>> I'd like

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Andrew Haley
On 07/31/2010 08:16 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 07/31/2010 06:59 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >> According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is >> starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, >> I'd like to try to clone the existing drive to a new one

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Andrew Haley
On 07/31/2010 06:59 PM, Steven Stern wrote: > According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is > starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, > I'd like to try to clone the existing drive to a new one, then swap in > the new one. > > What are the

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Antonio Olivares
--- On Sat, 7/31/10, Steven Stern wrote: > From: Steven Stern > Subject: Best way to replace a drive with a clone > To: "Community support for Fedora users" > Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:59 AM > According to the SMART stats, the > single drive in my Fedora s

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/31/2010 01:21 PM, Brian Millett wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 12:59 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is >> starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, >> I'd like to try to clone the existing drive to

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Brian Millett
On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 12:59 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is > starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, > I'd like to try to clone the existing drive to a new one, then swap in > the new one. > > Wh

Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, I'd like to try to clone the existing drive to a new one, then swap in the new one. What are the restrictions on doing this and the best way to accomplis