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Thanks. Rsync sounds like a good option as I can boot pc with old hard disks installed.
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I assume that rsync works ok with ntfs?
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Jdm
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Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2
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-----Original Message-----
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From: Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:18:53
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To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
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Reply-to: gentoo-user@l.g.o
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade query
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On Thursday, July 21 at 10:01 (+0000), jdm@××××××××××××.uk said:
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> A little advice please? I am about to build a new box going from |
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> athlon dual core to phenom six core. Including new sata drives and |
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> motherboard. I was going to clone all my partitions and the re emerged |
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> all packages with march native |
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> Firstly would you reccommend cloning and if so what is best |
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> technology? |
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When I move to a different machine, I just
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* boot into a live cd
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* back up all the partitions with rsync (or use tar or similar if
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you need compression) to an external (USB) drive.
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* boot new machine into livcd
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* repartion, copy backed up files
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* install bootloader (and reconfigure/build kernel if necessary)
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If both source and target are on the same network you can probably also
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get away with rsync'ing over the LAN instead of using an external drive.
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As for what "technology" is best, they are not going to make a whole lot
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of difference, IMO. I find rsync/cp easier to work with (you can
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manipulate files before copying them to the new box). tar is more
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efficient if you need compression. dd, would be the least efficient in
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my opinion, because it's going to clone the entire partition, including
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unused blocks, when you're really only concerned about the files. Tools
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like partimage, etc. can clone a partition "smartly" but I tend to use
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those tools less often as I'm really only concerned about the files, not
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the partitions. Unless your source and target partitions are going to
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have the exact same geometry, I don't see the benefit if cloning
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partitions.
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Just my 2¢
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-a |
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