I don't see the need to complicate this with 'Clonezilla', and unless you
use the right rsync switches (-DX --super that I recall) rsync won't work.
This is how I've done it 917368425+1 times:
Boot your box from a live CD.
Mount your boot device to /mnt
cd /mnt;
tar jcf /tmp/boot-drv.tar.bz2 .
Replace your boot drive, boot again with a live CD, make your partitions,
swap space and filesystem as desired.
Mount your new and empty filesystem to /mnt and
cd /mnt;
tar xf /tmp/boot-drv.tar.bz2
Make sure that your /mnt/etc/fstab matches whatever devices/labels/UUIDs (I
normally set my new drives to the old UUIDs and forget about it).
chroot /mnt
grub-install (supergrub will bail you out if you have difficulties here.
reboot and enjoy... :)
ET
PS: If you have any question,
you will get any answer.
Wayne Davis writes:
OH NOES!
My SSD boot drive is about to die.... I can feel a disturbance in the
force.
I JUST ordered (Sun evening) a new 128GB SSD to replace my ailing 64 GB
Boot drive.
IT WILL BE HERE MONDAY (tomorrow) and I think I need to do this asap. It
has Kubuntu 13.04
I HAVE a 500 GB external I could create a image file on...
OR I could create the image on another drive in the system (they are big)
HOW should I do this?
IDEALLY, I'd like to: Make the IMAGE, put it on the new drive, and swap
them out and have happy feet.8-)
However, with me... It's far more likely I will slave for hours, transfer
garbage, lose everything, and have my feet nailed to the floor. :'(
Is there a fairly easy way?
Thanks All... :-)
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