Shachar Or writes: > On Friday 15 August 2008 14:41, Martin McCormick wrote: > > I've got a working Debian system that I am about to > > break. I am replacing the master drive with a new one that is 32 > > times the size of the old one and want to transfer the system > > intact from the old one to the new one so dd is not an option > > but I want to be sure to preserve all the special files and the > > boot sector for the new disk. > > This is really easy :) > > > > The a command in fdisk says to toggle a boot flag. When > > I make a Linux partition and then mkfs -text3, what state is > > that flag in? I looked at the known good disk and the new one > > and fdisk reported the same information except for size. > > I must admit my ignorance in this matter. > > > > I plan to use dar to put the old system on to the new > > drive. Will that preserve all the special files? > > > > If not for those, ordinary tar would work for everything > > else? > > > > The end result should be the same system as before but > > with a _LOT_ more space. > > > > Thanks for any constructive ideas. > > I'd do this: > > 1. plug the new one in and reboot and configure the bios > 2. boot up debian into single user mode > 3. create partition(s) in the new disk drive with cfdisk > 4. create filesystems in the new disk drive with mkfs.ext3 > 5. create the swap space in the new disk drive using mkswap
I accidentally responded to him directly so this is for the list. While have used fdisk many times, cfdisk is a bit new to me so I should give it a try. Again, thanks. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
