On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Eugene Nine wrote:
> William Hunt wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Robby Workman wrote:
>>> On 2006-09-24, Eugene Nine <no@spam.com> wrote:
>>>> Can I install Slackware onto a drive then transfer that drive into
>>>> another
>>>> system if I run through the normal setup like a new install. I'm
>>>> thinking it should work, just select the other drive as the install
>>>> target and it shouldn't touch the slack install already on the first
>>>> drive right?
>>>
>>> installpkg(8):
[...]
>> ummmmmmmmm, as i read the question, Eugene Nine wants to run
>> setup, not installpkg. eg., given a working slackbox with hda,
>> add fresh disk as hdb, boot to installer (cdrom), setup to hdb,
>> remove disk hdb, transport disk to some other box, add disk as
>> hda, boot and run slackware.
>>
>> if so, answer is still yes, except that /etc/fstab would need to
>> be edited, s/hdb/hda. links for /dev/cdrom and /dev/modem might
>> also need tweaking, no bfd.
>>
> Would I even need to boot from the CD, can I just mount the CD and run setup
> selecting the target of /dev/sda1 (drive in an USB enclosure) and have
> setup install lilo and everything.

hmmmm. to be safe, boot from cd. Is there any good reason not to?
There is probably a simple method, to do it from a running system as
you ask, but i've never tried to do that ...

Note that the fstab edit mentioned above must be done -before- you
boot off the USB drive, and -must- match whatver whatever dev the USB
drive ends up as. I -think- this can be simplified using volume labels,
idunno, never tried - look for an excellant write-up on volume labels
in fstab posted here a few weeks back ...


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William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA