[GLLUG] Dual-Boot Copy?

Michael George george at idealso.com
Tue Oct 30 13:04:20 EDT 2007


I second the vote for rsync.

Even once you copy your data to the new drive, you will still need to
install GRUB there so that you can boot from them.  I used to have notes
on how to do that...  It's not difficult, but the notes make it faster.

On Tue, October 30, 2007 12:54 pm, Karl Schuttler wrote:
> I like rsync a lot.
>
> On 10/30/07, Benjamin Cathey <benjamincathey at catheycompany.com> wrote:
>> I think this has been asked before (I know I asked it using two
>> computers and a network and that was easy) but:
>>
>> I have an 80 gig dual boot xp/ubuntu machine (dual using grub) that I
>> want to copy to a 250 gig drive.  I know I can use gparted to make the
>> partitions take up the rest of the space but what is the easiest way to
>> copy this information?  I assume using a live cd (like INSERT Security
>> or SOMETHING) but am not sure what steps to take.  I would like the
>> simplest solution possible . . .
>>
>> I am sure some of you have done this before so I am checking here first.
>>
>> Please let me know
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Benjamin Cathey
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