I always used a LiveCD just boot it up, mount both partitions and then just copy, and update grub&fstab
On 1/15/07, Lauri Kasanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lauri Kasanen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "BLFS Support List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: move to new partition > Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:00:28 +0100 > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Arden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "BLFS Support List" <[email protected]> > > Subject: move to new partition > > Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:26:06 -0800 > > > > > > I need some advice on the best way to move my LFS installation to a > > new partition on a second internal drive. Should I do this from the > > build/host system? or can I do it logged in to LFS? what method is > > best to preserve everything as it is? > > Thanks, Arden > > -- > > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > Hi. You can be logged to LFS or the host sys, but you must be root. > > Create the new partition, and a filesystem. (if you already haven't) > Mount both drives. > Then just cp -aR * /mnt/your-new-hd > in the root directory of the LFS partition should do it. And you > must configure > grub again, and don't forget to change the fstab of the LFS system. > Then everything should > work okay. > > Lauri > > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page Sorry, I forgot about proc and sys. Im not sure if they will cause problems, but it's better to do that from the host system. (-.-) Lauri -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
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