Re: transferring boot

[Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>]

Charles Curley (HE12025-08-01):
> Do you want to mount /root r-o? /etc? I think not.

Separating the things that move a lot and the things that are stable is
still a good idea.

> For what the OP is up to, mounting the old file systems (on the HD)
> until he is satisfied he has everything working right is probably a
> good idea.

No, it is an excellent occasion to rework the partitioning, wasting is
not a good idea.

Also, the partitions will probably not fit the new disk exactly, leaving
a useless clump with an awkward at the end.

It is a much better idea to create new partitions, choosing the
repartition and the sizes in the light of past uses of the system, mount
them with their intended structure and copy the contents, letting Linux
worry about the split.

And even better to do it with LVM volumes rather than partitions.

-- 
  Nicolas George