cp -a works, i just like pipes. On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Dale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote: > >> Tar is your friend and ally. >> >> 1. install and Mount the disk to a mount point. >> 2. Use tar in for it's intended purpose >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR >> 3. remove old drive, & configure the new one as your primary. >> 4. get a drink. >> >> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Jarry <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi, I'm facing this problem: >> >> I want to exchange hard-drive in my computer for other, bigger >> one. I do not want to add new hard-drive somewhere on mount-point >> permanently, I just want to copy everything from the old drive >> to the new one and then get rid of the old one. And of course, >> I'd like to use my computer as before. What is the best (maybe >> I should ask for safest) way to acomplish this? >> >> First I thought about "cp -a". But I'm not sure which directories >> I should skip (/proc, maybe some other like /dev?). And I do not >> know how cp handles links (if I first copy link and later target, >> where is the link pointing? to the original file or its copy?). >> >> Maybe dump/restore is better solution? Or something else? >> >> Jarry >> >> -- _______________________________________________________________ >> This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! >> Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted. >> >> >> > > I have done this several times and only used cp -a. I just skipped /dev, > /proc, /tmp and other none needed ones. Don't forget to copy console and > null in /dev tho. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > -- Hazen Valliant-Saunders IT/IS Consultant (613) 355-5977
