Re: ?????

[Adam Tauno Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>Install drive as slave.
>>make partitions (fdisk, etc,  same number and order as your current
>>drive, they can be diffrent sizes).
>>mkfs partitions
>>tar from one filesystem to another
>>  i.e (cd /home; tar -cmplvf - *) | (cd /new/home; tar -xmpvf -)
>>   or something real similair
>>make boot disk
>>switch primary/master jumpers
>>boot from boot disk
>>run lilo
>>see if the system boots.
>
> Well, this did *NOT* work for me... You gave *GOOD* instructions, tar was
> trying to build the tar file on the old HD and it was too full to hold it.

It shouldn't have build a tar file, the "f -" means for tar to sent it's output
directly to the next tar command (which is unbundling and running at a diffrent
spot).  With lots of files I've found tar to tar is faster than "cp".

> I also had a terible time trying to build a Linux boot/root disk....

      dd if=/boot/bzImage of=/dev/fd0

will work if you don't depend upon modules to boot the system (which I feel is a
bad idea).

> Sooooooo, I did the following:
>
>    First, it turns out Maxstor sent me an 8gig hd to replace the 5g! It's
> also made by IBM so hopefully it's future is bright and not crashed! <G>

Way cool, free disk space,  I wish some of mine would crash.

>   I went ahead and did a NEW install using the same partition definitions,
>etc. Then I mounted the old hd on /mnt and CD'd into it. Then I issued the
>command "cp -fpRv * /" to copy the old to the new drive....

Did this preserve the time stamps on the files?

>Shutdown the machine, reboot and it worked like a champ! I now have
>PLENTY of space to expand!!!!!!>
>>Well, you should save that till AFTER you trash your system by following my
>>advice (I'm a college drop-out remember,  and I went to the high-school
>>with the highest illegitimate birth rate in the State of Michigan at the
>>time).
>HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! Don't kid yourself, you da man!
>Thanks for the help....
>Richard
>P.S. I think I'm about ready to give a talk about my personal experiences
>from switching from Windoze to Linux.... Perhaps at a beginners meeting?

Good man,  giving back for what you recieved, the true spirit of Linux.

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