Re: [SLUG] clone non-LVM system onto new LVM drive

[peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>>>> "Jam" == Jam  <jam@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Jam> On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:00:02 AM slug-request@xxxxxxxxxxx
Jam> wrote:
>> Scenario:
>> 
>> * Ubuntu presently installed without LVM.  * New hard drive
>> formatted with: /boot ext3 partition (empty so far) LVM group
>> containing ext3 LV
>> 
>> I want to copy the original root partition onto the new LV so that
>> the new hard drive and LV is a bootable clone, and the old physical
>> drive can be removed/saved.

Jam> in general avoid dd. It mirrors what you have to what you want
Jam> and probably they dont fit.  If you are cloning disks then yes
Jam> dd. (same hw, same format)

Jam> I would: boot from a live cd mount (you may even have
Jam> /media/oldroot) mount (likewise new-lvm-root) from old-root: find
Jam> . |cpio -pdv newroot

+1 on find, but the comand line should be

   find . -depth -print0 | cpio -pvmd0 newroot

otherwise files with spaces in the name can get trashed, and the
permissions on directories may end up wrong.


Peter C