Thank you for the info Rich, sounds logical.
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 29 Mar 2015, Chuck Hast wrote: > > > I put a 1 tb HD in it and am going to move my present work to it so I can > > refurb my X200 > > Chuck, > > My non-professional opinion: back up all partitions/directories on an > external drive using rsync (with the appropriate options it will preserve > all attributes). Then partition and format your new drive and install your > favorite flavor of linux. Now, restore those partitions/directories you > backed up onto the new drive (also using rsync). You still have the > originals on the older machine just in case. > > I use dirvish to back up my server/workstation and have used rsync to > do a > bare-metal restore onto a new hard drive. Dirvish uses rsync under the hood > so I know this is a good approach. > > The pros here will correct me. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
