On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 09:36, mycal62 wrote: > let me get this straight. > > all I want to copy are the partitions on / > > they already exist on hda5 and are mounted under /80 on the hdb install , > > so if I do a ( for example ) : > > boot to 9.0 on hdb > init 1 > cd / > cp -a /bin /mnt/80/bin > > this will copy bin on hdb5 to hda5 and write over the old files that are > there now?
If it were me, I'd mkfs those partitions first. It's your funeral though, might as well try it and see how badly things get hosed up by that handful of 8.2 binaries that don't get replaced by 9.0 binaries. > > and if I do the same for /dev, /etc, /initrd, /lib, /sbin, /usr, /var > > it will copy these to the new location ? > > then all I have to do is mcedit /etc/fstab , and mtab and fix the > entries and then adjust lilo.conf, rerun lilo mtab is dynamically generated, leave it alone. > > and reboot? > > also what does this mean and is it needed here ? > > vi /etc/lilo.conf and change any hdb references to hda > /sbin/lilo -r /mnt/aroot -b /dev/hda > should be /mnt/aroot/etc/lilo.conf if following my prev. example... When you just run "lilo" it assumes you want to work on the current root filesystem, which in this case is /dev/hdb. You need the switches to tell it that you want to modify /dev/hda instead. > > thanks for the help. > > Mike McNeese > Springdale, > Arkansas USA > > ��������������������������������������������������������� > Currently triple booting 98lite; MDK 8.0 kernel 2.4.3-20; > MDK 9.0 kernel 2.4.19-16 Registered Linux User #248955 > > ��������������������������������������������������������� > > "If obstacles are what you see in your path... > Then you have lost sight of your goal! " > > > > Jack Coates wrote: > > >boot to 9.0 on hdb > >init 1 > >cd / > >mkfs all the partitions you want to replace on hda > >mount those partitions under /mnt/aroot, /mnt/ausr, /mnt/ahome, &c. > >cp -a each of the directories from root to the new location: e.g. > > cp -a /boot /mnt/aroot/ > >don't copy /tmp. > >vi /mnt/aroot/etc/fstab and make sure it makes sense. > >Not sure how to get grub to boot, but it's probably easier than lilo. > >IIRC, you need something like: > > vi /etc/lilo.conf and change any hdb references to hda > > /sbin/lilo -r /mnt/aroot -b /dev/hda > > > >If you get errors, abort and figure out why. Make sure you have a rescue > >CD handy. If it breaks, it wasn't me. > > > >HTH, > >Jack > > > >On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 08:04, mycal62 wrote: > > > > > >>HI . > >> > >>I'm trying to move my Mdk 9.0 install on hdb to hda. > >> > >>To be as clear as I can , I installed 9.0 on a 6.4 wd drive ( hdb ) as > >>a test install to see if I could get everything to work. I did and now > >>have a very nice 9.0 install even with vmware working. > >> > >>on hda ( 60 gig Maxtor ) I had mdk 8.0. Since I got 9.0 working I wanted > >>to logically move to the larger and faster drive > >>hda. so I simply moved over my home partition from hdb to hda through > >>file manager ( super user mode ) and installed 9.0 on hda. It installed > >>fine , and my home settings worked fine. The problem I have run into is > >>that while I have the printer, etc. all working fine on hdb ( old wd > >>drive ) the new install on hda doesn't work right. > >> > >>what I would like to do is copy the install on hdb ( / less the /boot > >> partition ) to the new hda install (ext2) . > >> > >>will I have to delete the contents of hda5 ( / ext3 ) first, saving the > >>/boot to put back later? > >> ( I know I'll have to adjust some things after this though I > >>don't know what exactly > >> perhaps fstab ) > >>Or can I simply use the file manager and copy over these partitions as I > >>did /home ? > >> > >>I don't think so , but how can I do this ? > >> > >> > >>hdb5=/ ext3 4023mb ----------------------------want to copy/move to hda5 > >>hdb6=swap > >>hdb7=/home ext2 1922mb > >> > >>hda1=/mnt/windows vfat 6991mb > >>hda5=/ ext2 9891mb-----------------------------destination for hdb5 > >>hda6=swap > >>hda7=/home ext2 10786 > >>hdb8=/backup ext2 28398 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Mike McNeese > Springdale, > Arkansas USA > > ��������������������������������������������������������� > Currently triple booting 98lite; MDK 8.0 kernel 2.4.3-20; > MDK 9.0 kernel 2.4.19-16 Registered Linux User #248955 > > ��������������������������������������������������������� > > "If obstacles are what you see in your path... > Then you have lost sight of your goal! " > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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