> > What is common practice when migrating a system from one drive to > > another. Should I reinstall from scratch or partition the new drive > > and "copy everything" from the old one? > > Reinstallation is not necessary. There are plenty of HOWTOs available, > one being <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html>.
Thanx! I managed to get the work done. The article is 7 years old but it lays out the main line. Something missing in the instructions was that the "-p" flag should be used in the "cp"-command to preserve rights. And I use grub, not lilo. But a simple "grub-install", at least on my debian, did the trick to set up grub on the new disk. I'm supprised the transfer to a new disk was so painless. I even stepped up to ext3 on the new drive. thanx, david. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
