There are many ways to do what you want. I suggest an alternative. :) 1 Replace the old disk with the new one. 2 Perform the install you wish to do. 3 Hook up the old disk with the USB adapter. 4 Copy files needed.
This avoids any changes that might occur when you change how the disk is physically attached to the system. If something goes wrong, you can always swap the old drive back in to get to that system again. On Jul 14, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I've pretty well decided that the best process for me to upgrade my > server/workstation from Slackware-13.1/32-bit to -13.37/64-bit is to install > the latter on a new drive connected externally (along with the compat32 > libraries), then copy over those 32-bit applications that I need. This > prevents me from losing something by overwriting the one drive. > > I have an external USB-connected cd/dvd optical drive, the USB-connected > external hard drive adapter, and the distribution DVD but I don't know if > these can be interconnected so the external drive is the target for the > installation. > > Can this be done? If so, how? > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug Russell Johnson [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
