On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:05:24 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I've got a backup of /home on some external HDD. Let us consider that > one of my internal HDDs, more precisely the one containing /home, fails. > I then need to replace it. If I manage to make the external HDD > internal, and change /etc/fstab consequently, would it work without any > issues?
Yes, provided the copy/paste operation is properly done and file permissions are restored "as is". For these tasks I would avoid GUI tools (such Nautilus or another graphical file browser) and proceed with command line or using Midnight Commander. > When should I change /etc/fstab? When you want. If the system is still usable and you can login and "/home" is under a separate partition and mounted at boot, you can copy the backed up into the new disk, ensure the perms are okay, edit the "/etc/fstab" accordingly and reboot. If the system is unbootable by now, you can then apply the changes from a LiveCD. > Would the path to the `new internal HDD' (the one which was precedently > external) be the same as the path to the old one (the one that failed)? That's irrelevant as you should be using UUID/ID/LABEL/PATH to name the new device in fstab >;-) Tip: never delete things that you can simply "comment out" (#) them, that way you always retain the old entries for future references. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k0gdle$anh$7...@dough.gmane.org
