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Hi guys,
Applogies for the mail client
but once this question is answered I should be able to return to something Linux
based :) ). I need to upgrade my hard disks in my main server from the
2gig drives it currently has to a couple of 6 gig drives that I have spare (the
2's are almost full).
What I was planning to do was install the new
drives and mount them as /mnt/temp and /mnt/temp2 for example and then run cp -a
/ /mnt/temp so as to copy everything form the root structure across.. but I got
to thinking.. wouldn't it eventually try to copy the /mnt/temp content into
itself and start a really bad loop? What is the best way to upgrade hard drives
in a Linux box?
Is there any software which will just write out the
contents of an actual partition to another? ie copy /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdc1 or
something like that.. ignoring the mount points etc.
I also realise I'm going to need to make a boot
disk and boot off that the first time to run lilo to write to the boot sector of
the new hard disk when it is moved to /.
TIA (I can always rebuild it but there were alot of
things like snort etc that were configured as well as demarc which requires a
decent amount of config time and I'd rather avoid that if possible)
Paul
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