im going to transfer my debian<old disk> to a new disk.
i read the Hard-Disk Upgrade HOWTO and my situation is
different from the HOWTO. right now im using
devFS
ext3FS
and here is how my disk is partitioned
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 mandrake / <mbr>
/dev/discs/disc0/part2 mandrake <extended>
-/dev/discs/disc0/part5 mandrake swap
-/dev/discs/disc0/part6 mandrake usr
-/dev/discs/disc0/part7 mandrake home
-/dev/discs/disc0/part8 debian swap
/dev/discs/disc0/part3 debian /
/dev/discs/disc0/part4 debian usr
and here is what i want in my new HD(40GB)
/ 500MB
var 5GB
usr 10GB
home 5GB
questions:
1. Should i delete the ext3 journal file first before i
transfer debian<part3 and part4>?
2. Should i _nomount_ devfs first before i start copying?
3. How will i am going to boot debian after copying
since my old mbr<old disk> is part of mandrake?
Should i install mbr after copying?
4. This one im having FUD. Is it ok to separate /var and /home
from the old disk(they are both part of /) to the new disk
and be placed on their respected partitions?
TIA.
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