Re: ideas about moving Debian to another hard drive
find . -mount -depth -print|cpio -pdmv /newtempmount
I have used this under Dgux, Sunos, Solaris and Hpux, and it has
always worked correctly (although under Sunos and Hpux the switches
are slightly different). I have used it to move root /usr and
Oracle database volumes under Solaris. Time stamps, owner,
group, permissions and hard and symbolic links are preserved.
Sparse, database files done "grow" either. I have done it so
often I could do it in my sleep, and probably have.
Ken Gaugler wrote:
>
> Yeah, that time is here again, when I need more disk space. I
> have been thinking about moving my Debian to a larger drive, so
> I can take out the smallest drive to make room for a big one.
>
> This is a heartwrenching decision; It has taken a long time to get
> my system working like I want it; including up to 1.2 level.
>
> It seems really impractical to try to "copy" the data from one
> disk to another (correct me if I am wrong, please) because symlinks
> tend to get lost or messed up.
>
> Seems to me the most direct way to move the system is make new boot
> disks, install a base system from my old CD (1.1), upgrade in place
> to 1.2 using ftp, and then restore my favorite configuration files.
>
> Anyone have a better idea?
>
> Thanks!
>
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