James Pifer wrote: > I have a system with a 20gig drive. I'd like to move the whole install > to another drive, 120 gig, so I can use the 20 gig drive in another > system. I have the 120 gig drive installed right now as a slave. > > Can I?: > 1) Create the same partitions on the new drive (boot, /, and swap) > 2) boot off Knoppix and mount all the drives, 20 GB and 120 GB > 3) use cp and copy the data from the 20 to the 120 > 4) remove the 20 and make the 120 the primary and only drive > 5) reinstall(or restore) grub on the 120 > > Is there an easier way to do this with both drives in the same machine? > > Maybe dd? Personally, I would use "cp -a", taking care not to include directories on other partitions (eg if /usr/local is on its own partition don't include it when copying /usr). I don't see any need to use Knoppix in this way. I've done this several times, just copying the partitions on /dev/hda to those on /dev/hdb . I'd start by getting working systems on both /dev/hda and /dev/hdb with a choice between them in grub.conf . Then I'd modify /etc/grub.conf and /etc/fstab on /dev/hdb and run "grub-install /dev/hdb" and then make the new disk the master. There is a very good Hard-Disk-Upgrade HOWTO (or mini-HOWTO). When I last looked at it it still used LILO, but I don't think there is any major difference with grub. -- 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
