On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:18:27 +1100 Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:36:43 -0600, Matt Zagrabelny wrote > (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): > > > On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 13:19 -0800, Jimmy Liang wrote: > >> What I want to do is to move all that to a new box I have, with dual Xeon. > >> Can you suggest the best way to do this? I'd like to move it to a larger > >> drive, if possible, but its not critical. > > SNIP > >> > >> 3. If and when I do need to exchange it for the larger drive, how would I > >> go about doing that without any reinstalls? > > > > google for "copy hard drive" or similar words. > > > > I took this advice and found: > > > ,----[ hd.txt ]- > | Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To > | By Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > | and Konrad Hinsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > | v2.11, 13 April 2000 > `---- > > The instructions are detailed and within the scope of rank amateurs. > > Regrettably, they are slightly out-of-date. Specifically, they > envisage the use of ext2 file systems and provide detailed > instructions for configuring the "lilo" boot routine. > > Are there any more recent texts that spell out how to configure > "grub" for booting the copied system? The grub manual might be enough :) http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/ -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
