* David A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007-08-29 > > > 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>. > > Something missing in the instructions was that the "-p" flag should be > used in the "cp"-command to preserve rights.
"-a" implies "-p". -- Masatran, R. Deepak <http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
