On Monday 24 May 2004 07:47 pm, Thomas Wilkowski wrote: > --- Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 24 May 2004 12:09 am, Thomas Wilkowski > > > > wrote: > > > Mandrake10 . I got all settled in and prepared to > > > > copy > > > > > and transfer away. Wow! I never thought it would > > > > be > > > > > such a process. > > > > I am not going to address any of the problems you > > laid out because I have had > > the most success doing this in a different way. It > > involves duplicating the > > file system using cp with the -a switch, which > > maintains all datestamps and > > file permissions (I think it stands for archive) > > I'll describe it to you and > > see what you think. > > > > First create your partitions as you have done. Then > > create a temporary > > mounpoint. I use something like /mnt/newdrive. > > Mount the new root partition > > at /mnt/newdrive and then create mountpoints for > > your other partitions there, > > I think you had /usr and /home. So you would now > > mount your new /usr > > and /home at /mnt/newdrive/usr and > > /mnt/newdrive/home. > > > > Now you can simply copy over the existing file > > system using cp -a. I do it > > one directory at a time to make sure everything goes > > smoothly. > > > > cp -a /boot /mnt/newdrive > > > > cp -a /etc//mnt/newdrive > > > > etc., etc. > > > > After you are done, make any modifications you need > > to your /etc/fstab and > > make sure that you can boot to the new drive by > > adding an entry to it in your > > exiting lilo.conf. Once you are booted to the new > > filesystem, then you can > > convert to using its LILO by setting up the > > lilo.conf and re-running lilo > > from the new filesystem. > > -- > > /g > > Thanks alot! Your detailed explanation made it very > easy to understand. There are a few questions though > about the 'cp' command. When I read about it over the > weekend I was unsure of two ellements: > 1. Does 'cp' maintain the integrity of exacutable > files? > 2. Will 'cp' work if the destination partition is > larger than the source partition? > > I gather from your description that "Yes" answers both > questions. One question more. At what point do I make > the new "hd" the master? After I boot onto in from the > current drive's boot-loader and deal with /ect/fstabs, > or do I deal with it straight away using the rescue > disk to install a boot-loader? > > Thanks again for your thought and clarity. > > tsw > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > > ____________________________________________________ > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ now if it were me, I might want to use a gui, and so would start out on text console, but su to root and type mcc, bringing up the Mandrake control center, and I would first run hardware, then hardware again, then click on the proper disk,and run config tool, which would start diskdrake (of course you could start diskdrake, just like I started mcc) and in expert mode, diskdrake will setup and offer to copy over the files from whatever the same name partition as you had before, as long as it is one of the partitions you are allowed to put on a different drive from /
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