copying (partition3 and 4) to another drive..

["Michael C. Alonzo" <mikhz@pacific.net.ph>]

hi. i want to move my debian partition to another disk..

here's my "fstab":

/dev/hda1 ------------------> mandrake
/dev/hda2 ------------------> extended
	|_____	/dev/hda5 --> mandrake swap
	|_____	/dev/hda6 --> mandrake /usr
	|_____	/dev/hda7 --> mandrake /home
	|_____	/dev/hda8 --> debian swap
	
/dev/hda3 ------------------> debian /
/dev/hda4 ------------------> debian /usr

can i just backup /etc and /home then reinstall potato then 
`apt-get dist-upgrade`? or is it possible to mirror my debian 
partition (3 & 4) into the other disk (making it 1 & 2)?

i need help on this.. any suggestions?

TIA

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