Re: Trasnfering an intalled system to another hd

2006-03-01 Thread Fernando Cacciola
Chris Lale wrote: > Fernando Cacciola wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have Debian Sarge, full of stuff, installed on a HD, but it's >> running out of space. >> What's the simplest way to transfer the entire system to a bigger HD? >> >> > http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Cloning_a_hard_disc may help. > I do

Re: Trasnfering an intalled system to another hd

2006-03-01 Thread Chris Lale
Fernando Cacciola wrote: Hi, I have Debian Sarge, full of stuff, installed on a HD, but it's running out of space. What's the simplest way to transfer the entire system to a bigger HD? http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Cloning_a_hard_disc may help. Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: Trasnfering an intalled system to another hd

2006-03-01 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 3/1/06, loos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Generally I boot from a LiveCD (Kurumim,Knoppix etc.) > create the partitions on the new HD with the same size as the original, How to ensure same size? > but located in places where i can easily expand them. > > I use parted to move them around and c

Re: Trasnfering an intalled system to another hd

2006-03-01 Thread loos
Em Ter, 2006-02-28 às 17:26 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom escreveu: > Fernando Cacciola wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have Debian Sarge, full of stuff, installed on a HD, but it's running out > > of space. > > What's the simplest way to transfer the entire system to a bigger HD? > > > > TIA > > > > Fernand

Re: Trasnfering an intalled system to another hd

2006-02-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Fernando Cacciola wrote: Hi, I have Debian Sarge, full of stuff, installed on a HD, but it's running out of space. What's the simplest way to transfer the entire system to a bigger HD? TIA Fernando Cacciola create the new bigger partition then: cd / cp -ax * / H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Trasnfering an intalled system to another hd

2006-02-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
The procedure I normally use is to connect the new drive to the same system, create partitions of identical size to the existing system partitions (root, /usr, /var /opt etc) and any user partitions whose size does not need to change, and make new partitions out of the additional space. Then boot

Trasnfering an intalled system to another hd

2006-02-28 Thread Fernando Cacciola
Hi, I have Debian Sarge, full of stuff, installed on a HD, but it's running out of space. What's the simplest way to transfer the entire system to a bigger HD? TIA Fernando Cacciola -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT