On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Baskar Selvaraj <[email protected]> wrote:
> I already took backup of /dev/vg_mohanlaptop/lv_root. My question is, If > >> I restore the contents of /boot and lv_root from current failing >> harddrive to new harddrive (ofcourse creating same partitions with >> enough space) and restoring grub in the new harddrive, will it work? >> will I get the same OS which is running on my failing harddrive? >> > > I had done this earlier by moving the complete filesystem (from a failing > drive) to a new disk and adjusted the partition values according to the new > disk structure in grub and able to boot and work without any issues. > > Remember, you also need to adjust the UUID values in /etc/fstab and any other configuration files which requires modification. S. Baskar _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
