Re: Migrating the partitions on the same machine
Hi,
Am Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:19:17 +0530 schrieb Ritesh Raj Sarraf
<riteshsarraf@users.sourceforge.net>:
> dpkg get/set selections were in my mind. But I've done a lot of
> configurations on my machine to my taste which I don't want to repeat
> again.
Since all configuration is stored in files in the /etc directory, just
copying all files should work. There are same files which you will need
to take from the new configuration -- I know only /etc/fstab and
/etc/mtab, but I guess there are some more. Configuration settings
stored in user's home directories should not pose any problems.
> Is it doable what I'm thinking (mentioned above). I'm a little nervous
> because its the / partition.
Additionally to imaging the partition, you can archive all files using
e.g. rsync, which can do a good job conserving time stamps, symbolic
links etc. depending on the options you choose.
Steffen
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