Try booting off a floppy, mounting the two drives/partions as /mnt/target and /mnt/source Then use the command (cd /mnt/source && tar c .)|(cd /mnt/target && tar xvp)
That's how I recently moved my home directories to a bigger disk. The p on the second tar statement is important because it preserves the partitions. I think this came from the HOWTO-TIPS document originally. david.. Binary Bar - Australia's first free access internet bar/cafe/gallery. 243 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. 12:00pm - 11:00pm http://www.binary.net.au On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, C.L. Daugaard wrote: > I've seen (and kept) posts on how to transfer a system to a new HD. > what I'm stumped on is how this is done when /, /usr, and /home are on > *separate partitions* and I want to keep it that way. Can anyone tell > me how this is done? At this state the "find . -mount -depth > -print|cpio -pdmv /newtempmount" method sounds like the most promising, > but how this is done per partition is a mystery. > > My thanks to anyone who can help. > > -- > > C.L. Daugaard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________ > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? > e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
