Re: hd to hd copy?
Peter S Galbraith wrote: Andrew Hately wrote: Then from /mnt try something like # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - Use the -p option on tar, or be prepared for lots of directories and files with improper permissions (mail problems, etc). I just used cp -a instead of tar (less typing!) It's worked for me twice so far, including last saturday. It's just too bad that I forgot to edit /etc/lilo.conf before I wiped the old disk. ;) Rescue disks really come in handy! --- Greg Tower Starkes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Webmaster, Linuxberg (http://www.linuxberg.com/) You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge. -Neil Peart, Rush, Show Don't Tell
Re: hd to hd copy?
Seth R Arnold wrote: On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 10:27:31AM +0200, Andrew Hately wrote: # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - xfp - I forgot etc in the list. Andrew -- http://counter.li.org/cgi-bin/runscript/display-person.cgi?user=45690
Re: hd to hd copy?
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 10:27:31AM +0200, Andrew Hately wrote: # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - xfp - I forgot etc in the list. better: rsync -av / target --exclude=/proc --exclude=anything else you don't want to copy Will __ |Ever wonder why Windows doesn't come with the `uptime` command? | -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| --
Re: hd to hd copy?
tf wrote: hey guys, I might put in a 6 gig drive in place of the 1.6 gig drive I'm using now. My current installation works fine (its me thats broken!). is there a way that I can copy this hd to the new one? I only have a swap and a root partition on this drive, and will probably want to partion the 6 gig drive further... or should I just bite the bullet, and do a fresh install? (I am getting some good practice) I was surprised by all the responses to this - I've done it a few times without problems. Get your rescue floppy disk out and keep it handy. Connect the new hard disk somewhere on your machine somwhere other than /dev/hda. Run fdisk on it and create the partition structure you want. Make the appropriate partition bootable (first, generally). Reboot - its safer to always reboot after running fdisk. Make the file systems. If any are large, make the swaps first and swapon by hand as mke2fs eats memory. Mount your nominated root partiton as /mnt. Go there. Create any directories where you will mount other partitions on the same drive. Mount those other partitions. Create the proc, mnt, tmp and cdrom directories too. Then from /mnt try something like # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - This takes a while. (If your linux image is lying around in / instead of being in /boot, you need to copy that too.) Change your future /etc/fstab (currently /mnt/etc/fstab) to mention your new partitions, all relative to /dev/hda. Shut down. Reconnect the new disk as /dev/hda, boot using the rescue floppy; rescue root=/dev/hda, run lilo, shutdown, eject the floppy, boot. However, a reinstall will probably bring less crud with it. Andrew http://counter.li.org/cgi-bin/runscript/display-person.cgi?user=45690
Re: hd to hd copy?
Andrew Hately wrote: Then from /mnt try something like # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - Use the -p option on tar, or be prepared for lots of directories and files with improper permissions (mail problems, etc).
Re: hd to hd copy?
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 10:27:31AM +0200, Andrew Hately wrote: # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - xfp - -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
hd to hd copy?
hey guys, I might put in a 6 gig drive in place of the 1.6 gig drive I'm using now. My current installation works fine (its me thats broken!). is there a way that I can copy this hd to the new one? I only have a swap and a root partition on this drive, and will probably want to partion the 6 gig drive further... or should I just bite the bullet, and do a fresh install? (I am getting some good practice) -- -t
Re: hd to hd copy?
The mini-HOWTO for hard drive upgrades covers this pretty well. You can find it here: http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html Tom tf wrote: hey guys, I might put in a 6 gig drive in place of the 1.6 gig drive I'm using now. My current installation works fine (its me thats broken!). is there a way that I can copy this hd to the new one? I only have a swap and a root partition on this drive, and will probably want to partion the 6 gig drive further... or should I just bite the bullet, and do a fresh install? (I am getting some good practice) --
Re: hd to hd copy?
There's been some discussion recently of how to move partitions around. You might search the archives. A fresh install is not required! One of the biggest gotchas to moving around your partitions will be modifying your /etc/fstab and LILO so you can reboot properly. First, you'll want to decide how to partition the new drive. Then do so. Then mount each partition in turn that you want to use and do something like the following (other methods work as well) $ mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt $ cd /var # for instance $ tar cf - . | (cd /mnt; tar xvpf -) Then edit your /etc/fstab to add something like: /dev/hdb1 /varext2defaults0 0 If you move your / and /boot around you'll have to update your lilo configuration and then run /sbin/lilo. Suggested reading: mount, tar (or cpio), fstab, lilo, lilo.conf, fdisk, http://www.pathname.com/fhs You should probably do this in single user mode. Also, you might make your changes incrementally. For instance, try moving something non-critical like /usr/local and then make sure everything is working okay. Note, you need to maintain empty directories under / as your mount points. -- +---++-+---++-+---++-+ | YOUR AD HERE1.900.FOO.BARZ | +-+---++-+---++-+---++
