> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rock Pomerleau > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:27 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Clone entire system > > Hi everyone, > > I installed rhes 2.1 on the scsi disk 72gig. I would like to clone it > on a 36 gig instead. So I created partition on the new 36gig disk, > dumped partitons from 72gig to the new 36 gig. I moved the new disk to > another but similar computer, and tried to boot from the new disk. It > did'nt work. It is impossilble to boot from the new disk. I booted in > rescue and I saw the new disk with all the stuffs on it. > > I certainly forgot something. > > > Partition table of 72 gig > fdisk -l /dev/cciss/c0d0 > > Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 255 heads, 32 sectors, 17433 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 13 53024 83 Linux > /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 14 514 2044080 82 Linux swap > /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 515 17433 69029520 83 Linux > > Partition table of 36 gig > fdisk -l /dev/cciss/c0d1 > > Disk /dev/cciss/c0d2: 255 heads, 32 sectors, 8716 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 * 1 13 53024 83 Linux > /dev/cciss/c0d1p2 14 514 2044080 82 Linux swap > /dev/cciss/c0d1p3 515 8716 33464160 83 Linux > > TIA! Mount the new disk. Then RSYNC from old to new. Don't rsync the /mnt or /proc directories. create these 2 directories on new disk. use e2label to label the partitions I'm guessing on your partition structure e2label /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 /boot e2label /dev/cciss/c0d1p3 / shutdown, and make the 36Gb drive the only drive. boot with either a boot disk or the cd using > linux rescue. chroot to the system image, and run grub-install you should be able to reboot without a boot disk. This method works for me with rh8, rh9, rhel3, and fedora -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
