[ubuntu-nz] Cloning an ubuntu install.

[Tim Uckun]

On Jan 25, 2008 11:07 AM, Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz> wrote:
> 1. Boot off a live CD, with the new hard disk installed as well as the old one.
> 2. Partition up your new disk, and make the new file systems.
> 3. for each pair of partitions ( not swap ones ), mount old and new, and copy the contents:


In this case I have a different machine. The first machine is an IBM
xserver 345 and the second is an IBM Xserver 335. They have different
raid controllers and option.

I could copy things over with rsync, I could also get a package list
and install the new packages.

I will probably have to do a little bit of both because obviously I
will need my /etc, databases etc transfered.

Actually first things first, the stupid 335 won't even boot from the HD.