<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Introduction</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.56"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Install both disks on your system" HREF="install.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="index.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="install.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="INTRODUCTION" >1. Introduction</A ></H1 ><P >This document explains how to transfer, or migrate, an entire Linux system, including <SPAN CLASS="ACRONYM" >LILO</SPAN >, from one hard disk to another.</P ><P >In the following explanation, <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/hda</TT > (first <SPAN CLASS="ACRONYM" >IDE</SPAN > hard disk) means the <I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >old</I > disk, and <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/hdb</TT > (second <SPAN CLASS="ACRONYM" >IDE</SPAN > hard disk) means the <I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >new</I > disk.</P ><P >Specific partitions on the <I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >old</I > disk are referred to as <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/hda1</TT >, <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/hda2</TT >, and so on. Specific partitions on the <I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >new</I > disk are referred to as <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/hdb1</TT >, <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/hdb2</TT >, and so on.</P ><P >The explanations in this document are based on Red Hat 6.0. They have also been tested with Debian 2.1, Slackware 3.5 and SuSE 6.2; we indicate a few differences to note if you're using those distributions.</P ><P >If the commands don't work properly on your system, please let us know, mentioning what distribution you're using.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="install.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Hard Disk Upgrade Mini How-To</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Install both disks on your system</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >