On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 12:50:32AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, May 23, 2002, Petro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 07:29:11PM -0700, Angus D Madden wrote: > > > Karsten M. Self, Mon, May 20, 2002 at 02:09:32AM -0700: > > > > on Mon, May 20, 2002, R. Lockhart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > I need to transfer all my data, os, partitions, formatting, to a new > > > > > hard drive. I got a lemon hd (still perfect electronicly but making > > > > > ugly noises). A replacement is on the way from the manufacturer but > > > > > I'm not sure about the best way to mirror a-b. > > > > $ mkdir /mnt/oldhd > > > > $ mkdri /mnt/newhd > > > > $ mount /dev/hda /mnt/oldhd > > > > $ mount /dev/hdb /mnt/newhd > > > > $ cd /mnt/oldhd > > > > $ tar cvf - . | ( cd /mnt/newhd; tar xf - )
Assuming the "old" system is installed on /dev/hda and that the new system is copied to /dev/hdb, and that I keep the two disks in the machine, are there any other things to change than /etc/fstab and /etc/silo.conf (yes, I'm on SPARC systems)? Cheers, /ChJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
