On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:39:44AM +0200, Sasa Stupar wrote: > Hi! > > I have for a while installed redhat 8.0. Now I am experiencing some > problems with my hard disk so what I want to do is to copy entire hard > disk to a new one. I don't want to reinstall the system from scratch. > How can I do that ? It is an EIDE HDD.
--Partition the new drive as desired (presumably similar to the existing partition scheme) and use mke2fs to create the appropriate filesystems. Also, see 'man mkswap' to set up the swap partition on the new drive. --put both drives in the same machine. if the old one is /dev/hda and the new one is /dev/hdc: --mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/hddc1 cd /dev/hda1 cp * /dev/hdc1 umount /mnt/hdc1 mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt/hdc2 cd /dev/hda2 cp * /dev/hdc2 ...etc., etc.,... > > Sasa > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------
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