[Gllug] moving system from one disc to another

[Andy Millar]

On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 14:33 +0100, t.clarke wrote:
> I have been moving a linux (mailserver/firewall) system onto a different(larger)
> disc - and the procedure was a bit long-winded.
> 
> Just wondering if anyone else has had to do the same and what procedure(s)
> they used.
> 

- Put both disks into the same system
- Boot off a live image (knoppix std; or pxe boot gparted)
- dd from one disk to another

Done.

Done this a fair few times before and it's painless and quick :)

Andy


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