It starts to get complicated with: 1. packages that are not from Redhat 2. software that was installed without a rpm (because no package available) 3. data and config files under /var and other (eg databases, www files, email inboxes, etc) I'd prefer to copy the files but I want to make sure that I get anything that I might need that can't be copied with just a straight cp command (eg MBR) Rodolfo J. Paiz (rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >At 7/21/2003 18:57 +0000, you wrote: >>I figure it's time I fix this and now have a 40 GB drive that I can use >>anyway so I >>wanted to move all but /home into a single 8GB partition >> >>I'm familiar with fdisk and mke2fs (and parted) so the creation of the drive >>paritions is no problem >> >>I just want to make sure that I can boot from a rescue disk, mount the two >>drives, >>and copy the files over .. or should I be doing something else like a dd >>(but for >>that I think the partions have to be the same size) > >Might I suggest that the simplest way is to make a "kickstart" >configuration disk which holds the list of installed packages. Now, put the >new 40GB disk into the computer (alone!) and install fresh onto this disk, >partitioning with fdisk or Disk Druid (I find the Druid nice and easy to >use), so that kickstart will put back all your existing packages. Finally, >put the second disk in, mount it anywhere (/mnt/olddisk, etc.), and copy >your necessary config files back to your (now) primary drive. > >The whole thing should take about an hour, and is practically foolproof. > > > > > -- Brian Johnson * This is where my witty signature line would be if I bothered to edit this line :) * -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
