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meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have to move my whole system from one disk to another |
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> bigger one. |
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> I think of doing as follows: |
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> Boot a system via CD/DVD (knoppix for example). |
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> Mount small disk read-only |
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> Mount bigger disk read-write |
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> cd into mountpoint of the first one |
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> cp -a . ../<mountpoint_of_bigger_disk> |
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> Seems to me slow but correct? Or? |
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> (I have to set the bootable flag of the correct partion |
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> additionally...) |
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> I dont want to have a booting system afterwards, which "runs" for -- |
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> say -- three month and suddenly hit a obscure bug due to my |
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> copy-commands, which only did it to 99.87% correct... ;) |
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> I would like to preserve as much as possible of the file/directoy |
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> times ,,, |
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> Or does a mystical command with s-tar a better job faster? |
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> Thank you very much in adance for any help! |
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> Best regards, |
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> mcc |
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The way you plan to do this is almost exactly what I have done several |
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times in the past. I usually add the -v option so that I can tell about |
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where the copy process is. This is not a fast way according to some. I |
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have never compared this with using rsync, tar, star and all the rest. |
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The biggest thing, make sure whatever you boot will access your drives |
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with DMA and all the other goodies turned on and fully functioning. |
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When the copy process is done, install grub as well unless you plan to |
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still use the old drive and do some editing on the fly. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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