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On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 08:01 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> I'm about to switch from one SATA hard drive to another and I'm |
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> planning on going through the normal installation process except for |
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> copying over the data on each partition of my old drive to the |
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> corresponding partition on my new drive. Is there anything to watch |
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> out for? Pitfalls to avoid, etc? |
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Hmmm, a bit of an abstract description (what is meant by "data"?) of the |
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issue with a broad question, but here goes... |
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* If you plan on overwriting the old drive, make a backup. |
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* Don't overwrite /etc but keep a copy of it around |
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(e.g. /root/old_etc) |
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* Keep a copy of your old world file, /etc/portage, etc. so you |
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know what's installed. |
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* If you're keeping both drives don't forget to update your |
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grub/lilo config. |
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* You might want to re-label your old partitions (if they're |
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labeled) to avoid confusion. |
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* Be careful of changes of uid/gids in system accounts with the |
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new install. When creating new users you might want to be sure |
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their uids/gids match. |
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* Again, a backup is your friend. |
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HTH, |
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-a |
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