Don't forget about the master boot record and partition tables. I used mondorescue to mirror my desktop here at work, but I've also used dd with good results. I don't think a plain cp command would get the partition information, and anyhow, it's not likely that your new disk is partitioned with the right filesystem. (Imagine getting an ext3-formatted drive at CompUSA!)
Can you give us an idea of what your current partitions look like? For example, the output of 'mount' or the contents of /etc/fstab. That'll help a bunch. --John Wei Hu wrote: > I'm planning to replace my older disk (13G) with a larger/newer hard > disk (750G) and to maintain the machine as it is. what I want are > replace the old disk with the new disk including the Debian (2.6.16) > operating system and keep all the setups. > > Will it wok if I shutdown all daemons, copy all files to the new disk, > and make sure file permissions remain the same as the old one? > > Regards > Wei > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
