Gezim Hoxha writes: > Hi all, > > I bought a new hard drive (80GB) and right now I'm > using a 40GB one. My question is: > Can I transfer gentoo / files into the partitions of > that harddrive and will it work? How would I go about > at doing this? > The partitions are gonna be a little different than in > the old one. How do I write to MBR of the other > harddrive, etc. >
I have done that several times. You need to copy across from one disk to the other disk making sure you keep the same permissions and ownerships. You can use cp with the right options (can remember now) or tar (This is what I usually do). You have to do that partition by partition but don't copy the virtual file systems (proc and dev). Then you have to reinstall your boot loader on the new disk. The instructions from the gentoo install document are clear enough to help you do that. Probably a good idea to make a backup first and to have a boot disk (floppy or CD) handy. Hope this helps. Fred -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
