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Re: [SLE] moving my current installation
- From: Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:56:08 +0200
- Message-id: <e810n8$vmk$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Phil Burness wrote:
> I have a fully up to date v9.3 system on a 40Gb harddrive. I want to
> transfer this installation to a new 160Gb harddrive. I want to remove
> the old 40Gb and trash it. (It's several years old an I want to change
> it before it fails). Question is how do I transfer the system over
> including grub etc.
Install new harddrive in existing system e.g. as hdb. Then boot up
rescue system or knoppix, mount filesystem(s) from olddisk and newdisk,
and rsync -avL <olddisk> to <newdisk>. (double check those rsync
parms before you hit enter).
Remove old drive, run rescue/knoppix and reinstall grub.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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> I have a fully up to date v9.3 system on a 40Gb harddrive. I want to
> transfer this installation to a new 160Gb harddrive. I want to remove
> the old 40Gb and trash it. (It's several years old an I want to change
> it before it fails). Question is how do I transfer the system over
> including grub etc.
Install new harddrive in existing system e.g. as hdb. Then boot up
rescue system or knoppix, mount filesystem(s) from olddisk and newdisk,
and rsync -avL <olddisk> to <newdisk>. (double check those rsync
parms before you hit enter).
Remove old drive, run rescue/knoppix and reinstall grub.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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