Topic: How move the old system to other harddisc

[kevman]

hello,

i wanner move the complet system with the partition to other harddisk, because the old disk is to small and i would like to put the old to the new one, without to install sme new?

it is a possibility to do it?

thx
kevman

[duncan]

Use dd to make an exact copy

dd if=/dev/hda of=dev/hdc

Substituting the devices as required.

However - your new partitions will equal the size of the original drive.

[kevman]

thx,

so i have first make the partitions on the new disk and then copy the partition with dd if=...

kevman

[duncan]

No - Just run the command. It will create the partitions as it goes.

if is your existing drive
of is your new drive

[kevman]

but if i do it how you discribe,

then the partition is the same how on the old one!

i have the problem, the log-files are bigger and bigger and i have not enough space on the partition!

kevman

[duncan]

True - But you can create a fourth partition in the empty space and mount it as your home/ibay directory. Move your files accross.

There is a howto on site to do this.

[kevman]

duncan,

but if i have mount the /home dirctory so i can let the old system and mount the directory on the new disc or not ???

kevman

[duncan]

Yes - That would work as well. A word of advice - back everything up before you start shifting directories around.

Regards Duncan