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Re: [PLUG] copying a complete system to new HD
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Jason wrote:
> I want to move an entire system (on a single partition) to another hard drive with as little hassle as possible. I could use cp -rpd for most of it but how do I deal with the contents of /dev? Do I really need to actually install a system on the new drive?
I think a very good option would be
# cp /dev/hda2 /dev/hdb
assuming
/dev/hdb2 - existing linux partition
/dev/hdb - new disk
I have done entire system copying with "cp /dev/hda /dev/hdb" without any
problem (also the fastest).
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> Jason
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