Hi Robert,
>> I should just be able to insert the live cd and do a cp -r on / to
>> the
>> destination USB drive, correct?
>
> You don't even need the live cd. Just boot up single user, plug in
> the
> USB drive, format it with ext2 or ext3 to match the box and do your cp
> -r, although there are probably better options (eg dump/restore, tar,
> etc.) that might do a better job. Warning: there might be more than
> one
> partition (eg /boot and/or /home might be a separate partition, esp.
> if
> the machines are using LVM). You might need to cp each partition/file
> system separately.
I booted to a the CentOS 5.23 LiveCD.
Yes, it looks like LVM is running because I do have VolGroup00-
LogVol00 in Local Logical Volumes on the desktop.
Can I get the whole VolGroup00 at once, I see an entry in /etc/fstab
for /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00?
If not, how do I know what the partitions are that I need to go after
on this old drive after being booted to a LiveCD. I chose a LiveCD
because without it the machine takes an hour to boot die to DNS issues
and time-outs since moving it to my location (and the original
location does not exist either)
Best,
-ML
-Jason
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