On Friday 04 July 2003 11:45 am, Chris Bare wrote: > I have a gentoo install running fine on a 30GB drive. I just got a 60GB > drive that I would like to switch to. > I know how to add the 60GB as a second drive, but what I really want is > the current install from the 30GB installed on the 60GB. > I know I could dd the old partitions, but I'd like to change the size of > the partitions. I was wondering if I can copy the old files to a new > partition and have everything work. the /dev files are the main thing > I'd be concerned about. And also the best command to do the copy and > preserve all the right permissions etc. > Thanks for any suggestions.
`rsync -rlopg --progress --exclude=/dev --exclude=/mnt/newdrve / /mnt/newdrive` would be how I would do it. That command will preserve permissions. -- Zack Gilburd http://tehunlose.com GnuPG Key ID: A79A45668240AB6C
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