I started out with CentOS x86 5.3 with the following partitions on my source hard drive:
/dev/hdc1 swap
/dev/hdc2 /
I did the following to migrate my CentOS box to the destination hard drive:
1. boot up with CentOS 5.3 livecd in rescue mode
2. partition destination hard drive (/dev/hdd)
/dev/hdd1 swap
/dev/hdd2 /
3. create the filesystem on the destination hard drive
mke2fs -j /dev/hdd2
mkswap /dev/hdd1
4. mount partitions and then copied files from /dev/hdc2 to /dev/hdd2
mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt/aa
mount /dev/hdd2 /mnt/bb
cd /mnt/aa
tar --one-file-system -cf - . | tar -xpf - -C /mnt/bb
5. modify /boot/grub/menu.lst on both /dev/hdc2 and /dev/hdd2
6. modify /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab
7. umount partitions
8. run grub
9. reboot out of rescue mode
The original system still boots up fine and I am able to login. The new system which is supposedly a copy of the original system seems to boot up fine (everything had green OK), but I have problems at the login prompt. If I login with incorrect password, I get a message telling me that login is incorrect. If I try to login with the correct password, the system seems to accept the password, but then prompts me again to login, and it keeps doing this when I continually try to login.
additional info:
1. can boot up system in single user mode
2. sshd is up but can't ssh in even with correct password
here's the output (i modified the user name and the ip address)
ssh -l user1 ipaddress
user1@ipaddress's password:
/bin/bash: Permission denied
Connection to ipaddress closed.
I'm sorry if this has already been addressed in the forums/mailinglists, but my attempted search didn't show me anything fruitful. Also, I'd don't want to use dd, and I would prefer not to use partimage. Your help will be appreciated and thanks for reading this far.
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