>>>>> "Jam" == Jam <j...@tigger.ws> writes:
Jam> On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:00:02 AM slug-requ...@slug.org.au Jam> wrote: >> Scenario: >> >> * Ubuntu presently installed without LVM. * New hard drive >> formatted with: /boot ext3 partition (empty so far) LVM group >> containing ext3 LV >> >> I want to copy the original root partition onto the new LV so that >> the new hard drive and LV is a bootable clone, and the old physical >> drive can be removed/saved. Jam> in general avoid dd. It mirrors what you have to what you want Jam> and probably they dont fit. If you are cloning disks then yes Jam> dd. (same hw, same format) Jam> I would: boot from a live cd mount (you may even have Jam> /media/oldroot) mount (likewise new-lvm-root) from old-root: find Jam> . |cpio -pdv newroot +1 on find, but the comand line should be find . -depth -print0 | cpio -pvmd0 newroot otherwise files with spaces in the name can get trashed, and the permissions on directories may end up wrong. Peter C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
