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 1NVqjm-0006hS-20 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:17:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CBA01E099F; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:17:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.188]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A779E099F for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:17:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id y18so77335gvf.39 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:17:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=fssRa6CTiFysUrAGqfWnww4RZUR8izP2GEqcz4qJYtw=; b=fc+XxLKnq5xVpjLZumeL0y5Zhh/2RkBM5/p75AGqp9HOyWaovm055QifKuL0YfWZ4w ikFIxMkq60Ru7+JAqFyt8Ek+5nb6ZZzRhdD+YUn8Q5JrDLdAiQbDSCP2ZA2L6zTopMpb 3F7mh25NaR0krznHLIq6WRHBSbY5gewjL/phE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=O02ockkxr/ZLQc6diHFNTHc8jmHhHkqKpAg8aeoKl6/MIPUPBQKaTgC11Zpv1uSrRi iHUs//SQUaks/yiXVvnoHRi6B8FqQ05s1dDaZN1yyy/TccrJx5SwmLgIlq7a3/1yt/tl O9rJVYgJxnuKa1RI/SKHlmppJZXJFMMIz5Xvk= 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 Received: by 10.239.141.65 with SMTP id b1mr295408hba.66.1263579434556; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:17:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B50AF3F.5000605@gmail.com> References: <4B50A6F0.8060404@gmail.com> <4B50AF3F.5000605@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:17:14 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I move system to new disk? From: Hazen Valliant-Saunders To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f20c5e579d3a047d38036b X-Archives-Salt: 55065072-69f1-420a-b19e-554dc0278a83 X-Archives-Hash: 72369ab463a91dc398ab878c5630372a --001485f20c5e579d3a047d38036b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 cp -a works, i just like pipes. On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Dale wrote: > Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote: > >> Tar is your friend and ally. >> >> 1. install and Mount the disk to a mount point. >> 2. Use tar in for it's intended purpose >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR >> 3. remove old drive, & configure the new one as your primary. >> 4. get a drink. >> >> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Jarry > mr.jarry@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> -- _______________________________________________________________ >> This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! >> Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted. >> >> >> > > I have done this several times and only used cp -a. I just skipped /dev, > /proc, /tmp and other none needed ones. Don't forget to copy console and > null in /dev tho. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > -- Hazen Valliant-Saunders IT/IS Consultant (613) 355-5977 --001485f20c5e579d3a047d38036b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cp -a works, i just like pipes.

On Fri, J= an 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote:
Tar is your friend and ally.

1. install and Mount the disk to a mount point.
2. Use tar in for it's intended purpose
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR
3. remove old drive, & configure the new one as your primary.
4. get a drink.

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com <mailto:mr.jarry@gmail.com>> wrot= e:

=A0 =A0Hi, I'm facing this problem:

=A0 =A0I want to exchange hard-drive in my computer for other, bigger
=A0 =A0one. I do not want to add new hard-drive somewhere on mount-point =A0 =A0permanently, I just want to copy everything from the old drive
=A0 =A0to the new one and then get rid of the old one. And of course,
=A0 =A0I'd like to use my computer as before. What is the best (maybe<= br> =A0 =A0I should ask for safest) way to acomplish this?

=A0 =A0First I thought about "cp -a". But I'm not sure which= directories
=A0 =A0I should skip (/proc, maybe some other like /dev?). And I do not =A0 =A0know how cp handles links (if I first copy link and later target, =A0 =A0where is the link pointing? to the original file or its copy?).

=A0 =A0Maybe dump/restore is better solution? Or something else?

=A0 =A0Jarry

=A0 =A0-- =A0 =A0________________________________________________________= _______
=A0 =A0This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists!
=A0 =A0Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.




I have done this several times and only used cp -a. =A0I just skipped /dev,= /proc, /tmp and other none needed ones. =A0Don't forget to copy consol= e and null in /dev tho.

Dale

:-) =A0:-)



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