29 Jan
2006
29 Jan
'06
9:10 p.m.
Thanks for the replies guys.
Stuart Fox stuart@dontuse.ms wrote:
I do this all the time when I do new lfs builds. The easiest way is to boot off a live cd(ubuntu etc) or rescue disk (any redhat based system, boot with "linux rescue")
[snip]
rsync -vaogH /mnt/old/ .
Hadn't considered rsync, despite using daily!
Once you're happy run grub-install /dev/{new disk}
I find its better to add a new grub entry than to modify your existing one, that way you can boot to both while both disks are in.
The box is currently using lilo so will switch to grub first. Will then attempt booting from ubuntu and creating the larger partitions from scratch.
Thanks again. David