[lug] Moving / partition to a new disk

[Chris Brotherton]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 08:16:19PM -0800, Michael Kahn wrote:
> I did this wrong once and it cost me hours to untangle the mess.
> I am hoping that by posting first, I'll avoid a repeat.
> 
> I wish to transfer an entire / directory structure from
> a partition on an old disk drive to a new partition on
> a new disk drive.
> 
> The first time around, I did a cp -R * and then promptly
> erased the old partition. **BIG MISTAKE** as cp -R is
> not faithful about owners/groups/symbolic links and all
> the other "small stuff" that made the new root partition
> useless.
> 
> So, what is the magical collection of command switches
> that would ensure that the copy into the new partition 
> creates a faithful copy of the old partition's file
> structure? Since the new partition size will be larger than
> the old partition, I am not seeking a sector-by-sector image
> type of copy.
> 
> Of course, this time around I won't be so quick to erase the 
> old partition until I am sure that the copy does the right thing.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Michael Kahn
> mkahn at fast-track.com
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This website might be of interest to you.  

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

Chris.