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On 04/04/2010 20:05, 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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cp -a is fine although, in my experience, I've found that rsync is more |
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reliable: |
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rsync -av /mnt/oldrootfs/. /mnt/newrootfs/. |
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Note that -a covers almost everything but you may need the following |
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additional options depending on how your filesystem has been used: |
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-H = preserve hard link |
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-A = preserve ACLs |
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-X = preserve extended attributes (in in doubt, recommended) |
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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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Cheers, |
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--Kerin |
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