> > [2nd try: Seems that my outgoing email is not reaching fedora-list...] > > I am having a hard time simply trying to copy my root > partition to a new > drive and somehow tar is not doing what I expected. Can someone advise > me how to do it correctly? > > I tried: > > 1) mkdir /mnt/new > 2) mount /dev/sdc3 /mnt/new > 3) cd /mnt/new > 4) (cd /; tar --one-file-system --xattrs -cf - .) | tar > --one-file-system --xattrs -tvf -) > [result: All mounted filesystems are copied over] Drat! > > The only other possibility that comes to my mind is to mount > the root drive > to /mnt/root read-only. mount the new drive to /mnt/new, and > then tar-copy > but this may have consequences with the currently mounted > root filesystem? > I have accomplished this by getting the Linux system rescue cd http://www.sysresccd.org/ and then using gparted to copy to the new drive. I then have to use grub or grub_install I believe the grub commands would be root (hd0,0) # where hd0 is the drive specification for the new drive and 0 is the boot partition. Remember grub calls partition 1 partition 0. setup (hd0) # where hd0 is replaced by the specification for the new drive. This will install grub on the MBR for that drive. Note that it has been a while since I did this and I do not have a machine set up to do a quick check right now. So, I advise you double check in the manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html Bob S. Phoenix, AZ USA
