An Exercise: Manually creating a new boot disk from an existing one
People,
I am interested to see if it is possible to boot on an existing disk -
say /dev/sda ("A") - and then manually create everything required on a
second disk - /dev/sdb ("B") eg:
- create the partition table and partitions on B
- dd the existing boot track(s) from A to a file and then dd that to B -
or create it from scratch somehow?
- rsync the the first level directories into the appropriate places on
the new drive and partitions (maybe by temporarily booting on a Live USB
so we are not copying from a running system?)
If this is possible, what else would need to be done on B so that when
drive A is removed, the remaining B (the new "A") drive will be able to
boot and run normally?
Thanks!
Phil.
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Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au