From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EAx32-0001Iy-4b for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:56:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j81Lplil012633; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:51:47 GMT Received: from flower.jolet.net (cpe-24-27-31-221.austin.res.rr.com [24.27.31.221]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j81LkZWN028054 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:46:36 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by flower.jolet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB40718037 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:49:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from flower.jolet.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (flower.jolet.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31177-06 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:49:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (unknown [192.168.1.1]) by flower.jolet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B4218031 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:49:05 -0500 (CDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <8606C3F4-E671-40BB-A6B4-B6CAC5E5ADBE@jolet.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Jolet Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Copying" between hard drives potential newbie question Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:50:32 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at jolet.net X-Archives-Salt: 0efb2fbc-2d56-406f-8dd3-98b9b4223981 X-Archives-Hash: 3fa892de5e4b417c07d77bec57dc470e On Sep 1, 2005, at 4:36 PM, Stuart Howard wrote: > > My question :- > > I need to "copy" all from hdb to hda what would be the sugested route? > > I created a set of similar partitions on new hda with same filesystems > then attempted a cp which indeed copied the data but machine refused > to boot, sensed that I had been too obvious so after much googling I > have looked into parted though with no sucess as yet. boot from live cd. mount new partitions under /mnt/gentoo (just like an install). chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash now you're on your new drive. grub-install /dev/new_hd_device. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list