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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I move system to new disk?
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2010/1/15 Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com>:
> Hi, I'm facing this problem:
>
> I want to exchange hard-drive in my computer for other, bigger
> one. I do not want to add new hard-drive somewhere on mount-point
> permanently, I just want to copy everything from the old drive
> to the new one and then get rid of the old one. And of course,
> I'd like to use my computer as before. What is the best (maybe
> I should ask for safest) way to acomplish this?
>
> First I thought about "cp -a". But I'm not sure which directories
> I should skip (/proc, maybe some other like /dev?). And I do not
> know how cp handles links (if I first copy link and later target,
> where is the link pointing? to the original file or its copy?).
>
> Maybe dump/restore is better solution? Or something else?
>
> Jarry
>

I've done it twice with the following method :
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html

There are a few things to change : no more Lilo, ext2, IDE, diskettes these=
 days
But the check list is complete so you won't forget important points.

Micka=EBl Bucas