From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NyV8e-0007Em-UQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:05:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D1ED1E095F; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 50036E08FF for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 04 Apr 2010 19:05:30 -0000 Received: from p548514C6.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.20.198] by mail.gmx.net (mp066) with SMTP; 04 Apr 2010 21:05:30 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19+v9UjoTp+ywbiHpHDksXLuYOkHsSUmT3waGCO+K Ft3jWoy8ZMwp5p Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 21:05:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 21:05:23 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: Gentoo Subject: [gentoo-user] Moving the system from one disk to another Message-ID: <20100404190523.GI5229@solfire> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.67000000000000004 X-Archives-Salt: 32954b04-b39f-49a6-81ab-0a8436ff4326 X-Archives-Hash: 28ee35a656f64efaa75eedf9c14d2a96 Hi, I have to move my whole system from one disk to another bigger one. I think of doing as follows: Boot a system via CD/DVD (knoppix for example). Mount small disk read-only Mount bigger disk read-write cd into mountpoint of the first one cp -a . ../ Seems to me slow but correct? Or? (I have to set the bootable flag of the correct partion additionally...) I dont want to have a booting system afterwards, which "runs" for -- say -- three month and suddenly hit a obscure bug due to my copy-commands, which only did it to 99.87% correct... ;) I would like to preserve as much as possible of the file/directoy times ,,, Or does a mystical command with s-tar a better job faster? Thank you very much in adance for any help! Best regards, mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.