Re: [SLE] How to move installation to another disk (inside same computer)?

** Reply to message from Ken Schneider <suse-list@bout-tyme.net> on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:56:09 -0500

Be careful with using "cp *" as it will not work without the correct switches set. You might also look into using rsync to do the copy process as it works quite well.

Here's the string I use, after mounting the new, smaller drive, or one of its partitions at /mnt. As root, from the top of the old installation, do find ./* -xdev | cpio -pdv /mnt. I have used it for dozens of moves of this type. Ed Harrison, Linux User # 199533 SuSE10.0, Kernel 2.6.15 PolarBar Mailer 1.26