[H-GEN] quick Q

[Patrick Nichols]

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> Is there an easy way to replicate an installed linux installation

http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html

Basic procedure is:

- partition new drive
- make your filesystems on the drive
- mount the filesystems
- copy the data across
- make the new drive bootable

The easiest way I found to make the new drive bootable was to simply boot it
from a floppy, and rerun lilo.  (Once I'd removed the old drive and put the
new one onto that controller)

-pat


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