Is there a reason for using 'tar' instead of 'cp'? PM, 22
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 12:55:32PM -0400, Arthur H. Johnson II wrote: > > Sure, this would be quite easy to do. > > 1. Install the new HDD on a secondary IDE chain, say primary slave, hdb > > 2. Partition the drive the way you want > > 3. Mount the drive up the way it will appear for boot, on say /new > > 4. Run the following command: > # tar cvpf - / --exclude=new --exclude=proc | tar xvpf - --directory=/new > > 5. Create the proc mount point under /new: mkdir /new/proc > > That will do an excellent job of duplicating your drive. Make sure you > do your bootloader as well, depending on what you use. You can do other > excludes on the tar command. Note the lack of a "/" at the beginning, > that is on purpose. > > > > -- > > Arthur H. Johnson II > Senior Systems Engineer > > The Linux Box > 206 S. Fifth Ave. Suite 150 > Ann Arbor, MI 48104 > > tel. 734-761-4689 > fax. 734-769-8938 > pgr. 734-882-0323 > > On 21 Jun 2002, Baan Zoltan wrote: > > > I have a debian box, but i would like to change my hdd to a larger one. > > Is it possible to copy this debian system to the other hdd, because i > > don't want to install a new one, and spending so much time to get a > > configured system like this. > > > > Zoltan > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
