Re: How to Move from 1 drive to another?

From: Sven Hoexter (sven_at_timegate.de)
Date: 07/31/04

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    On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:30:35PM +1000, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote:
    > Hi
    >
    > I am running Debian unstable on a 30GB drive (IBM Deskstar 75gxp)
    > using ext3. I recently bought a 120GB drive (Western Digital WD1200).
    >
    > The family have 5 accounts.
    >
    > What I would like to do is to make the 120GB drive the main one (using
    > ReiserFS) and use the 30GB drive for data.
    >
    > So, the plan is to install (via the sid installer) Debian on the 120GB
    > drive. I know
    > - to install the current packages I've got I can
    > install them via dpkg --get-selections|--set-selections
    > - use /etc/* file as configuration for new drive
    >
    > My question is - what is the easiest|best way of copying|moving all
    > the accounts and their data across? Do I simply have to recreate the
    > users on the new drive and then copy across their home drives? Or can
    > I just rely on everything being set up OK if I just copy across
    > /etc/passwd and /etc/group.
    I would boot a Linux Live CD like knoppix, partition and format the new drive,
    copy everything from the old drive to the new one, chroot into the "new"
    system, install a boot loader, reboot and be happy.
    That is a lot easier then installation from scratch and you can keep
    everything installed and configured so far.

    HTH
    Sven 

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