[PLUG] upgrading disk without reinstalling anything

[Anderson, Rob (Global Trade)]

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> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of Jeme A Brelin
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:42 AM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] upgrading disk without reinstalling anything
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> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) wrote:
> > 1. Install the new 120G disk as a IDE slave
> > 2. Boot up. Partition and format the new disk.
> > 3. Sync the files from the old disk to the new disk, one 
> partition at a time.
> > 4. Install the bootloader on the new disk. (How do I do this part??)
> >
> > Does this sound like the path of least resistance?
> 
> It should work, but I would do it all in single user mode so 
> you don't end
> up with all your pidfiles and things copied across.  That 
> could be a real
> mess.
> 
> > If so, how do I do step 4?
> 
> It depends on what you're running and how you want to go about it.
> 
> One very easy way would be to just copy everything to the new disk,
> install remove the old one and install the new one in the 
> master position,
> boot with a boot disk of some sort giving 
> root=/dev/root/on/new/disk on
> the command line, then run the boot loader's command to 
> install it in the
> MBR.
> 
> There are other options; many that do not require a boot disk.
> 
> In fact, I think with grub you wouldn't have to do anything 
> but install it
> in the MBR of the second disk right away.

I am running Fedora Core 1 and using grub. Is it pretty straightforward?

Thanks,
-Rob A

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