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>This document explains how to transfer, or migrate, an entire Linux
system, including <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>LILO</SPAN
>, from one hard disk to
another.</P
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>In the following explanation, <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/hda</TT
> (first
<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>IDE</SPAN
> hard disk) means the <I
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>old</I
>
disk, and <TT
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>/dev/hdb</TT
> (second <SPAN
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>IDE</SPAN
>
hard disk) means the <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>new</I
> disk.</P
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>Specific partitions on the <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>old</I
> disk are referred
to as <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/hda1</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/hda2</TT
>, and so
on. Specific partitions on the <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>new</I
> disk are referred
to as <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/hdb1</TT
>, <TT
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>/dev/hdb2</TT
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>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
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