Duplicating drives (different sizes).

From: John Wrate (lolo8000_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/21/04

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    Date: 20 Mar 2004 18:30:14 -0800

    Hi all,

    I have a Linux system which runs on an 8 Gb. IDE hard disk. I have a
    second 20 Gb drive that I want to use as the main drive.

    This is how the mounting looks like right now:

    /dev/hda1 on / type ext2
    /proc on /proc type proc
    /dev/hdb1 on /back type ext2

    With hdb1 being the larger newer drive.

    I have made copies (cp -au) of all files from hda1 to hdb1 and hdb1
    also has a "swap" file configured. So basically I have a copy of
    everything on hdb1 and I want to make it the main drive.

    I have also e2fsck /dev/hdb1 and everything seems fine.

    Finally, I have issued the following command to make hdb1 bootable:

    lilo -r /back

    Is this enough? I mean, if I shutdown the system and connect the 20
    Gb drive(now /dev/hdb) so that it is the only system drive should it
    boot?

    I know both drives contain the exact same files, but I don't know if I
    have set up the MBR correctly in the second drive by just issueing the
    lilo -r command.

    Any help will be very much appreciated.

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