RE: Installing on a second disk (hdb)
attache the new hd as hdb, partition it and copy everything from hda
for example:
mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt
cd /
find . -xdev |cpio -oc > /mnt/hda.cpio.gz
then mount all of your newly created partitions on hdb in one dir, go to the
mountpoint and unpack
cpio -icdm < /mnt/hda.cpio.gz
edit fstab, lilo.conf, rerun lilo and you should be good to go (if I didn't
forget anything)
boot floppy probably will be helpfull
Marcin Kurc
CAD Systems Administrator
Cooper-Standard Automotive
-----Original Message-----
From: Harris, Jason [mailto:JHarris@ESD.WA.GOV]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:01 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Installing on a second disk (hdb)
on an already running system ? I'm getting a fair amount of disk seek
timeout messages in the kernel log and I'd like to rebuild the system with a
new HD. But I'd also like to have it down for the least amount of time
possible.
Can I plug the new hd at hdb, make the partition structure I want, put the
install image somwhere on any disk/partitions, then boot to a floppy, give
some input to the loader and have it start installing locally ?
Jason Harris
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