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From: Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] moving my instalation to new hard drive
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:12:25
Message-Id: 476FF52C.2000908@bellsouth.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] moving my instalation to new hard drive by Dale
1 Dale wrote:
2 >
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4 > cp- a should work fine. I have used that several times and no problems
5 > yet. You can add the -v if you like to see the files scrolling by.
6 >
7 > If you have the same partitions on the new drive as the old drive, your
8 > grub.conf and fstab should be fine.
9 >
10 > You will need to install grub on the new drive tho. I usually do that
11 > from the Gentoo CD myself.
12 >
13 > Hope it all goes well.
14 >
15 > Dale
16 >
17 > :-) :-)
18 >
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21 Me and my sucky typing. Make that cp -a instead. That may work better.
22
23 Dale
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25 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] moving my instalation to new hard drive "Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@××××××××××.org>