Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:30:35PM +1000, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am running Debian unstable on a 30GB drive (IBM Deskstar 75gxp) >> using ext3. I recently bought a 120GB drive (Western Digital WD1200). >> >> The family have 5 accounts. >> >> What I would like to do is to make the 120GB drive the main one (using >> ReiserFS) and use the 30GB drive for data. >> >> So, the plan is to install (via the sid installer) Debian on the 120GB >> drive. I know >> - to install the current packages I've got I can >> install them via dpkg --get-selections|--set-selections >> - use /etc/* file as configuration for new drive >> >> My question is - what is the easiest|best way of copying|moving all >> the accounts and their data across? Do I simply have to recreate the >> users on the new drive and then copy across their home drives? Or can >> I just rely on everything being set up OK if I just copy across >> /etc/passwd and /etc/group. > I would boot a Linux Live CD like knoppix, partition and format the new drive, > copy everything from the old drive to the new one, chroot into the "new" > system, install a boot loader, reboot and be happy. > That is a lot easier then installation from scratch and you can keep > everything installed and configured so far.
This sounds like the least amount of work and still giving a good result - I'll give it a go. Off to read about chroot . Thanks Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
