Peng wrote:
> On 7/1/05, Christoph Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>>>what is the best way to upgrade my old machine from a 15GB
>>>drive to a 80GB. I dont want to have to reinstall gentoo,
>>>so is there an easier way to get this done.
>>
>>* Mount both drives in the computer
>>* Boot Knoppix (or any other distro)
>>* Mount both drives
>>* Use tar (or dd?) to copy all files from one to the other
>>drive
>>* Configure your boot manager
>>
>>=> Done
>>
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>
>>    ce
> 
> 
> What about just using "cp -a" to copy it all over?
> 

There are lots of possible tools to use.  It was discussed here recently:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=111887482600007

Zac
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