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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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I like rsync and be sure to say --numeric-ids or whatever to retain the |
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same userids for permissions, but otherwise you are good to go. |
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-- |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |