[kwlug-disc] Question about transplanting linux system

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cp -a. Booting from a usb?



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On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:41 AM Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> I have a system with two drives, and I want to move linux (ubuntu here)
> from one drive to another.
>
>
> Context:
>
>   - Original drive is a fixture created by RAID card. Card messes up
> configurations every several weeks, so a want to use a different drive
> on a different physical connection (yes, sata slot from DVD in this old
> IBM System X server :) ).
>
>   - I suspect that dd copy won't work, cause new drive (ssd) doesn't go
> in place of the original one. It goes into a new location, and
> grub+fstab settings would be different.
>
>   - dd takes time, and I want to keep machine operational during the move.
>
>   - I already installed ubuntu on new drive, hoping to reconstruct
> original file tree in a new place by copying on filesystem level (vs
> low-level dd).
>
>
> Question:
>
>   - How can you do this copying of original system onto new system?
>
>   - Should it by rsync or tar pack& unpack? What flags to use? Is tar
> complain about skipping socket is safe in system backup for future
> recovery.
>
>   - Can there be a catch in this approach?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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