From: patrick@fezbox.com Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 15:57:18 -0700 (PDT) To: svlug@svlug.svlug.org cc: grep@shorelink.com Subject: Re: [svlug] Pre-installing a Boot drive > From: George Bonser >> As I recall, some of you had favored the use of TAR for moving large >> blocks of files, rather than something like the archival recursive options >> of CP. Is there some advantage of using Tar vs CP? Or is there another way? >> (The drive geometries are not identical, so dd probably won't work...?) > As soon as you hit the /dev/directory you will learn the value of tar! Actually, cp will work fine -- there is no need to use tar if you are using a root partition partitioning scheme. just use: cp -ax / /mnt/new-disk the -x option will limit the copy command to not copy the /proc and /mnt/new-disk directories so everything should be A-OK. The -a (archive) option will preserve links and permissions. All you need to do is: mkdir /mnt/new-disk/proc after it's done. Also you need to go through the task of re-installing LILO onto the second drive which will require booting off of a floppy diskette one time around and running /sbin/lilo -- supreme pain in the neck *sigh*. Check out the Hard-Disk-Upgrade howto on a couple more tricks for accomplishing the same task. --Patrick.