Timothy Murphy wrote: > 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. On thinking about it, should it not be cd /mnt/newdisk dump 0f - | restore rf - ? Better be sure before I start ... -- 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
