Off Topic - Moving Linux to a different drive

[djamil]

symantec
check their site for more details, any OS is good if the burner is
recongnized
you'r all set , just do it ! 
i got to go !
:)

On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 00:04, Sanjiv Bawa wrote:
> Thanks for the reply
> 
> 1. Do you mean Symantec Ghost or is there a public domain version of ghost?
> 2. Is there a boot floppy out there that will allow me to get network access
> either via NFS or samba.
> 3. Can I make a CDROM that does 2. If so, how? Does my CD burner have to be
> on the Linux machine?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org]On
> Behalf Of djamil
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 4:42 PM
> To: samba at samba.org
> Subject: RE: Off Topic - Moving Linux to a different drive
> 
> 
> ghost will do it and boot too if the drives are identical ... if not
> rerun lilo !
> :)
> have a nice day
> 
> On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 23:23, Sanjiv Bawa wrote:
> > Thanks for this post. I have been looking for a way to ghost linux from
> one
> > drive to the next.
> >
> > Will the "new" drive actually boot this way? Does this move the boot
> sector
> > etc?
> >
> > 1. Is there a way to do this over the network?
> > 2. Is there a way to do this by actual ghosting? IE a sector by sector
> copy?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org]On
> > Behalf Of dieter franzke
> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 3:41 PM
> > To: samba at samba.org
> > Subject: Re: Off Topic - Moving Linux to a different drive
> >
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > Am Sam, 2002-01-26 um 21.23 schrieb djamil:
> > > how about cp ?
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 19:38, Ash Ridley wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Sorry to post OT so I'll make it quick.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know where to get idiot-proof instructions for moving
> Linux
> > > > from one drive to another? I've got an installation spanned across 2
> > > > disks and I've run out of room and want to consolidate both onto a
> > > > different hard disk and get rid of the original 2.
> >
> > Boot with the rescue disk.
> > Make two mountpoints
> > mkdir /old
> > mkdir /new
> >
> > mount old system to /old, new partition to /new
> > mount /dev/sda..(hd..) /old
> > mount /dev/sdb..(hd..) /new
> >
> > please verify that /old is your old root-system and new is empty.
> > Change to /old.
> > cd /old
> >
> > then do a
> > tar -cSp --numeric-owner -f - . | (cd /new && tar xSpvf - )
> >
> > In this way all stuff from /old will be transferred to /new. Links and
> > user- and grouprights will stay unchanged.
> >
> > You must  change your fstab concerning your new disk. Your LILO.conf
> > must be changed to.
> >
> > Boot your system with a bootdisk.
> > Run lilo.
> >
> > ciao
> >
> > dieter
> >
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> >
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