Re: An Exercise: Manually creating a new boot disk from an existing one

[Philip Rhoades]

Timothy,
> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:36:36 +0100
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> Philip Rhoades wrote:
> > 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?
>
> Presumably you would have to (at least)
> Correct /etc/fstab
> Install grub on second disk

Ah yes, of course . . I might give it a go . .

Thanks!

Phil.