drive change

[Ken Moffat]

Rick Bowers wrote:
> Couldn't you also get a new drive and dd the old contents to the new, 
> remove the old and put the new in its' place, and reboot?
>
> That is, assuming you want to save the original contents.
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> ~Rick
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Yes, in fact I'm considering this. The drive is 5 years old and runs 
24x7. It's a 60gig, which could be replaced for very little. Could I 
hook up a new drive as hdb, dd hda to hdb, take out hda and plug in the 
new drive, then reboot? Sounds easy.