[Q] how to move to new drive?

[Guido Heumann]

Ken N9VV schrieb:
> Hi, is there an easy way to move Ubuntu from my old dual-boot 40GB drive
> to a new 120GB drive? I tried using Acronis to copy partitions. Windows
> was fine, but Ubuntu grub and fstab got all confused.

copying partitions should be just fine.

> 
> I guess there are a lot of places inside Linux where the partition
> number is recorded(?). 

Actually not. AFAIK the only important place to check is /etc/fstab. And
of course boot loader issues like you already experienced ;-)


Is there some way to move a Linux partition and
> repair all the damage?

Just concentrate on the two problems at hand, grub configuration and
fstab. Perhaps use a LiveCD to repair manually. For grub it might be
useful to know that you can temporarily edit the config while in the
boot menu by pressing "e" on a selected line.

HTH,
Guido