On 20 Jun, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just installed a new harddrive and I wish to move linux over to it. Is > there a way to do > this without having to reinstall everything? The newest version of partition > magic may do > this but I do not have it and I am not that familiar with the Virtual File > System that LInux > uses since I am a new user to linux. >
This topic is a religious debate amoung people so I will through my $.02 in. mount your new, freshly formated partition under some mount point say /mnt. If all your linux stuff is on one partion(another religious debate) then this should work(as root of course) cd / ; find . -xdev | cpio -vdump /mnt mkdir /mnt/proc see the man pages for find and cpio before proceeding so you know what these do. FYI, -xdev is one option while -vdump is five options. Then you will have to modify the /mnt/etc/fstab to reflect the new partion. Modify your /mnt/etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo if you use lilo. Or modify what ever program you use to boot to point to the new partion. You might want to have a rescue disk on hand just in case you make a mistake. Reboot. Also read /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.gz for other ideas on moving files around. Disclaimer: Don't blame me! =) Have fun, Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
