On 17:46 Tue 18 Oct , Bruno Buys wrote: > I'm reinstalling my system onto a new sata disk I just purchased. I'd > like to know what best practices people do, in order to get through this > with the least possible hassle. > I'm really just installing Debian in the new disk, and I'd like to have > the new system as closely resembling the current as possible, in terms > of installed software and configs. > The current system runs off a ide disk. I'm keeping the ide disk in the > computer, but, as said before, the system will run from the sata disk.
Why not just copy over the whole Debian partition from the ide disk to the new disk. I have done this many times without a problem. I make a new partition on the new disk as the target and cd into / dir of the old disk then: cp -ax * /target If necessary then edit the /etc/fstab and /etc/network/interfaces. Then install lilo or grub on the new disk and it's good to go. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
