On Friday 04 July 2003 04:14 pm, Chris Bare wrote: > > `rsync -rlopg --progress --exclude=3D/dev --exclude=3D/mnt/newdrve /=20 > > /mnt/newdrive` would be how I would do it. That command will preserve=20 > > permissions. > > Thanks for the suggestion. Someone else suggested I boot from the > install CD, so I combined your suggestions and was pleasantly surprised > at the ease with which this worked. > > I booted from the CD, partitioned and mounted the new drive as I wanted, > mounted the old drive, then did: > > rsync -a --progress /old/ /new > > Then I switched cables so the old drive was now hda, booted from the CD > and ran grub on hd0. It booted right up from the new drive after that. > > The thing I like about gentoo is I really feel like I understand what is > going on, so I'm able to do things like this which I would never dream > of with Red Hat or Mandrake.
Heh.... You're lucky, just -a won't preserve file permissions. :P -- Zack Gilburd http://tehunlose.com GnuPG Key ID: A79A45668240AB6C
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