Kenneth Porter wrote: >> So my query is: how exactly should one copy a Fedora system >> to another partition? > > Assuming ext2 or ext3, use dump and restore in a pipeline. cd to the > restore point, dump the raw source device, and pipe that to restore which > will drop it into the current directory (ie. the destination disk). > > Something like this (untested): > > cd /mnt/newdisk > dump 0f /dev/sda1 | restore xf - Thanks. This sounds plausible - I'll see if it works. I did wonder about using dump/restore, but decided against it as I haven't used dump since the days of minix. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
