[GLUG-chat] Re: Installing New HDD

[Alan McKinnon <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, 7 May 2004 07:27, Clifford W. Hansen wrote:
> Greetingz,
>
> I've just gotten myself a new HDD (25Gb), I already have a 40Gb HDD
>  installed, I'm currently using MDK 10.0.
>
> I would like to have (/, /boot, swap) on the new HDD and (/home) to
> stay on the old HDD.
>
> I would prefer not to reinstall, and I obviously don't wanna loose
> my (/home - 27Gb - 97% full).
>
> Which is the best way to install a new HDD:
>  1. Move partitions to the new HDD and resize partitions on current
> HDD 2. Reinstall Linux on New HDD and resize partitions on old HDD

Either option works, #2 just takes a bit longer. If you choose #1, 
update the boot loader to point to the new HDD and reboot to make 
sure it works then resize old partitions.
#2 will give you a new updated installation with latest kernel.
>
> Secondly how would you move/resize partitions.
Two ways - 1) boot under WIndows and use partition magic
2) Use a partition editor to get the start and end cylinder numbers 
and manually update /home cyclinder boundaries in fdisk expert mode.
> --

-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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