On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 08:01 -0800, Grant wrote:
> I'm about to switch from one SATA hard drive to another and I'm
> planning on going through the normal installation process except for
> copying over the data on each partition of my old drive to the
> corresponding partition on my new drive. Is there anything to watch
> out for? Pitfalls to avoid, etc?
Hmmm, a bit of an abstract description (what is meant by "data"?) of the
issue with a broad question, but here goes...
* If you plan on overwriting the old drive, make a backup.
* Don't overwrite /etc but keep a copy of it around
(e.g. /root/old_etc)
* Keep a copy of your old world file, /etc/portage, etc. so you
know what's installed.
* If you're keeping both drives don't forget to update your
grub/lilo config.
* You might want to re-label your old partitions (if they're
labeled) to avoid confusion.
* Be careful of changes of uid/gids in system accounts with the
new install. When creating new users you might want to be sure
their uids/gids match.
* Again, a backup is your friend.
HTH,
-a
