[linux-help] Re: Moving to new Hard Drive

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Hi,
>
> I recently bought a new 40 gig hard drive and am
> wanting to move my current linux server over to it.  I
> was planning to attach both hard drives to my system,
> boot using a rescue disk (so that nothing's running in
> the background), format the new hard drive, re-create
> my partitioning scheme, and move the data over with a
> simple cp -R * type command.
>
> Is this the best way to do this, or am I missing
> something?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Curtis H.
>

I've seen some more complicated ways to do it, but that has always worked for
me. IIRC there's even a HOW-TO on the subject.

--dwh

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