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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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>> - Grant |
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> You should take a look at this one: |
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> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Move_Gentoo_Installation_to_new_hard_disk |
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Thank you, I've booted to a LiveCD I'm in the middle of copying |
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everything from the old drive to the new drive with: |
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cp -ax /olddrive/* /newdrive/ |
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but it's taking hours. Both drives are SATAII and there is about |
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250GB of data to transfer. The CD spins periodically, the hard disk |
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activity light stays lit, and I can hear the old drive working |
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periodically, but I'm thinking this is too long. |
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Is there something I could have forgotten to do? Is there a way to |
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check on the progress? |
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- Grant |
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