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:Copy Your Linux Install to a Different Partition or Drive
Copy Your Linux Install to a Different Partition or Drive
Jul 9, 2009, 22 :33 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (5999 reads)
(Other stories by Ningappa Koneri) |
"To start, get a live CD and boot into it. I prefer Ubuntu for things like this. It has Gparted. Now follow the steps outlined below.
"Copying
"Mount both your source and destination partitions.
Run this command from a terminal:
$ sudo cp -afv /path/to/source/* /path/to/destination
"Don’t forget the asterisk after the source path.
After the command finishes copying, shut down, remove the source drive, and boot the live CD again."
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