OldSchool wrote:
> Hey guys,
> What's the easiest method for transfering my existing linux system from
> my old
> hard drive to a new hard drive? I used norton ghost for windows xp pro,
> will
> that work as well or is there something easier? TIA BTW Both drives are
> currently installed in this system, I'm dual booting xp pro/kubuntu. Xp pro
> is on my new sata drive, I want to move linux to the new sata drive.
If the drives are identical, you can use "dd", but not many do. I think
this is because drive sizes are different, because it wastefully copies
unused space, and because any fragmentation is copied over, too.
(though fragmentation isn't a performance issue with Linux).
I did this just a few months ago. I used the plain old "cp" command,
done from singleuser (runlevel 1). Worked like a charm. If you have
links to other drives, you will want to use the "-x" option to avoid
following outside the physical drive.
It was painless, and you can probably google a good tutorial on this
from the information I gave you.
Mark
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