[vox-tech] Move / from one HD to another

[Rod Roark]

I don't get the stuff about /usr/local.  It would be better
if you can boot up something like a Knoppix CD, so you are
not trying to copy the root filesystem from which you are
currently running.  I would do something like this (being
careful that I might have screwed something up!):

1. Make a boot diskette for your current system.

2. Boot a Knoppix CD.

3. If necessary, run fdisk and partition /dev/hdb.

4. cd /mnt
   mkdir old
   mkdir new
   mount /dev/hda1 old
   mount /dev/hdb1 new
   cd new
   cp -avx /mnt/old/* .
   cd ..
   umount old
   umount new

5. Power down, move hdb to hda, changing jumpers as needed.

6. Boot from the diskette you made in step 1.

7. Run lilo.

-- Rod

On Thursday 26 February 2004 08:41 pm, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 08:24:44PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > Anyway, since I have copious amounts of space on my 2nd drive, is it
> > easy to just 'move' the '/' parition over, run LILO to make the newer
> > drive bootable, and then remove the dying drive?  (Obviously setting
> > the 2nd drive as "Master" now, since it's currently "Slave")
> > 
> 
> My current plan (thanks to Steve Wormley for some tips) is:
> 
>   * single user mode
> 
>   * Move "/usr/local" into a subdir on that partition:
> 
>     * mount the "/usr/local" parition on HDB as "/mnt"
>     * mkdir /mnt/usr/local
>     * mv /mnt/* /mnt/usr/local/
>     * cp -a --one-filesystem / /mnt/
> 
>   * Use the newly built "/" parition on HDB as "/" (chroot)
> 
>   * Edit /etc/fstab
> 
>   * Run LILO
> 
>   * Change "Slave" to "Master" on HDB (making it HDA), remove old HDA
> 
>   * Cross fingers
> 
> ;)
> 
> 
> Seem reasonable?
> 
> 
> -bill!