I sugest you rsync as root with:
rsync -HXa --super yada-yada-yada...
Enrique
Eric Shubert writes:
> I've done this successfully before, as Bob says.
>
> Bob Elzer wrote:
>> I think if you did a dd and copied the whole drive to the 80gb, you would
>> wind up with a 80gb that looks and acts like a 60gb, and would boot up like
>> your original drive, after they replaced the original with it.
>>
>> You could then resize the partitions, to use the unused space.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Erich
>> Newell
>> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:45 PM
>> To: Main PLUG discussion list
>> Subject: Migrating HDs on remote server
>>
>> I have a server that is remotely hosted and has a drive with over 48k hours
>> on it (and still running strong)...my hosting company is providing a free
>> replacement and I need to migrate everything over and have the system come
>> back up gracefully without any physical interaction...other than one drive
>> being stuck in the second drive bay temporarily and the original being taken
>> out and replaced with the second drive when ready.
>>
>> Here's what I have:
>>
>> /dev/hda - 60GB old drive
>> hda1 Boot Primary Linux ext3
>> 78.45
>> Pri/Log Free Space
>> 1.04
>> hda2 Primary Linux swap / Solaris
>> 1074.00
>> hda3 Primary Linux ext3
>> 58869.01
>>
>> /dev/hdc - 80GB new drive
>> hdc1 Boot Primary Linux ext3
>> 74.84
>> hdc2 Primary Linux swap / Solaris
>> 511.97
>> hdc3 Primary Linux ext3
>> 79439.57
>>
>> /etc/fstab
>> /dev/hda3 / ext3 usrquota,grpquota,errors=remount-ro 0 1
>> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>> /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
>> /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
>>
>> By my thinking...I should be able to:
>>
>> mkdir /newdrive
>> mkdir /newdrive/{boot,newroot}
>>
>> mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc1 /newdrive/boot
>> mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc3 /newdrive/newroot
>>
>> rsync -av / /newdrive/newroot
>> rsync -av /boot /newdrive/boot
>>
>> grub
>>
>> grub> root (hd0,0)
>> grub> setup (hd1)
>>
>> and then shutdown, pull hdc and put it in hda and fire it up.
>>
>> What I'm uncertain of is the "setup (hd1)" bit....will this setup the boot
>> field in some way such that it will not work?
>>
>> If the drives were the same, I'd feel comfortable using dd to simply copy
>> over the MBR, but since they are not, I'm worried about wrecking my
>> partition table.
>>
>>
>> Thoughts and advice are urgently needed. Thanks!!!
>>
>> - Erich
>>
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>> finding the answers to those questions is the way he goes through life."
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