[Cialug] Transplant OS

[Chris Freeman]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:36 PM, <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, my server's primary drive is in SMART Pre-Fail. It's used too many of
> the spare sectors.  Now I need to transplant my OS to a new drive.  Any
> suggestions for a best way to do this?  I know UUID's in fstab and settings
> in GRUB will need to be updated somehow.  Anything automated, or a good
> guide?
>
> Thanks.

I believe you can set the UUID of the partitions on the new drive. "It
is an power so great, it can only be used for Good or Evil".

I don't believe there are any open-source tools which can create a
back-up and restore to bare metal. There's always tools like Acronis,
but they cost.

Chris