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On 04/04/2010 01:04 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:35:11 +0100, Kerin Millar wrote: |
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>> Whichever way you go about it, ensure that no pseudo-filesystem or bind |
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>> mounts are present within "/mnt/oldrootfs" at the time. |
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> Use the -x option with rsync to stop it descending into other filesystems. |
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This is directed to all of you gurus who replied to Meino's post: |
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Meino's unstated assumption is that his new (larger) disk is already formatted |
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(possibly partitioned?) before he copies the existing filesystem to it. |
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IIUC the new disk will then be unbootable until grub or equivalent is installed |
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on the new disk. Does this seem correct, or not? |
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My instinct is to use dd to duplicate the entire old disk to the new (unformatted) |
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disk and then use gparted to twiddle it from there. (But I do love a puzzle ;o) |
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