This document explains how to transfer, or migrate, an entire Linux
system, including LILO, from one hard disk to
another.
In the following explanation, /dev/hda (first
IDE hard disk) means the old
disk, and /dev/hdb (second IDE
hard disk) means the new disk.
Specific partitions on the old disk are referred
to as /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, and so
on. Specific partitions on the new disk are referred
to as /dev/hdb1, /dev/hdb2, and
so on.
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.
If the commands don't work properly on your system, please let us
know, mentioning what distribution you're using.