[ale] Hard Drive Upgrade

Jim Lynch jwl at dogwood.peachtree.sgi.com
Wed Dec 2 11:22:20 EST 1998


dump 0f - /usr | (cd /mnt && restore xf -)

(for instance)

Jim.
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> 
> At 11:44 AM 11/25/98 -0600, Bob Kruger wrote:
> >Actually, it is an issue of time (the amount that I can spend with it).  I
> >would prefer just to initially install the new drive as a slave, partition
> >and format, mount, and then do some type of copy that will insure all of
> >the links are kept.
> 
> 	This was a question I came across myself.  I've got a live server that I
> need to upgrade the root partition on, but don't want to take down the
> server for any appreciable time.
> 
> Please let me know as well.
> 
> Thanks!
> Jay
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