On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 11:55 +0800, Hadders wrote: > Hi all, > I have an old 120GB hard disk, and a much newer, 320GB hard disk. > > I'd like to migrate my linux (FC5) setup to this newer disk, and also > want to enlarge the partitions. > > This may seem naive but can I.... > > i) Boot up using the FC5 linux rescue mode > ii) Manually partition the new disk, using fdisk > iii) Use e2label and set the labels to be the same on the new disk > partitions as the old, what is the command to tell me the current labels? > iii) Mount both the old and new disks partitions into temporary > directories I create > iv) Do a 'cp -Rv /old-part/* /new-part/' command? Will that get ALL > files, including hidden dot files? > v) Edit the new copies, fstab and alter the mount points accordingly, > that aren't using labels? > > Any pointers will be appreciated. > > Thank You. > Hadders > > My first question is why migrate? I ask this as disk space is always short down the road. Install the second disk and move your /home to the new disk. Now you have 320GB for your /home and use the 120 GB for other purposes. I have a blank partition for the next version of FC to be installed on. My /home is mounted on four SATA drives that are in a RAID 1 setup using LVM. Just my pennies worth.
