Re: advice on cloning system

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On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 17:25 +0100, François Cerbelle wrote:
> 
> Le Mer 26 novembre 2008 09:39, tom arnall a écrit :
> >       Copy to the new machine from old with:
> >               su
> >               mount /dev/sda3 /sD
> >               cp -dRvpu  / /sD
> >       The drive on the new machine is bigger and of a
> >       different brand. For the copy, the new drive is
> >       attached to the old machine as a usb drive.
> > am i missing anything?
> 
> You will eventually have to check/adapt the /sD/etc/fstab file if the
> partition scheme changed.
> 
> You will have to reinstall the bootloader (grub or lilo) either in the MBR
> (Master Boot Record) or in the active partition BR (Boot Record).
> 
> Fanfan
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When installing the bootloader, do not forget to 'chroot /sD', otherwise
it will install the bootloader again on / ,instead of the new disk!

Rob