I've done this a few times and it's been a while, but what I recall doing was:
1. mke2fs /dev/hdb1. 2. mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt 3. 'cp -ax' from / to /mnt each of the directories which do not exist on a separate partition. Do not include /proc or /tmp. Use mkdir to create /mnt/proc and /mnt/temp. 4. Edit /mnt/etc/fstab so that it reflects the structure of hdb, if different than your existing tree. 5. Remove hda and change hdb from slave to master (it will now be hda). 6. Boot with a rescue disk, selecting /dev/hdb1 as your root fs. 7. Run lilo. 8. Pray and reboot. On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:52:03PM +0200, Philipp Lehman wrote: > A while ago a bought a new IDE hd for one of my Debian boxes, > hooked it up as hdb, moved /home, /usr, and /var there, but left > the root file system on hda1 (on the old drive). Now I want to > get rid of the old hd altogether (it's slow and noisy). > > So, after performing some extensive surgery on a living Debian > system, I managed to repartition hdb from scratch (leaving > /dev/hdb1 unused) and got everything set up and working again. > But I have yet to move the root filesystem from hda1 to hdb1 and > hook up hdb as hda. > > What's the usual procedure to do that without reinstalling? Some > step-by-step instructions would be very much appreciated. What is > puzzling me is how to move the specials in /dev/* (I guess cp -a > doesn't cut it, does it?) and how do I deal with LILO when > exchanging the drives. > > TIA > > -- > Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S
