Move Gentoo Installation to another HDD

Specialized · Apprentice Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 264

Hi,
I've just bought a bigger HDD for my Notebook and I want to transfer my Gentoo-installation to the new drive.
Is there a way to do this or do I have to make a new Installation?

thoughtform · l33t Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 600

boot with the livecd
mount your old and new drive
cp -pidRv /mnt/old/* /mnt/new

BlackEdder · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/copy.html

tango · Apprentice Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 251

I often useDisk Archive (dar) for this..

It´s easy to create a backup of the system, then you can extract it on the new hard disk...

http://www.gentoo-portage.com/app-backup/dar

tango

Specialized · Apprentice Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 264

I use grub with an boot-partition, can copy this partition the same way?
cp -a /boot /dev/hdc1
/dev/hdc1 is my new boot-partition.

Matt126 · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 16