If you use ghost, you need to edit fstab to make it look for ext 2 file systems as ghost doesn't copy the journal inode of ext 3. then use tune2fs -j /dev/....... to add it back in and edit the fstab back to ext3 on the new drive... William Warren wrote: > you can also get ghost to run form a bootable cd or floppy..:) > > Mark Weaver wrote: > >> Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:48:57PM -0400, Mark Weaver wrote: >>> >>>>> I would like to suggest using dump/restore to make the backup. >>>>> >>>>> Something like: >>>>> >>>>> mount /dev/hdb1 /newroot >>>>> dump -0f - / | (cd /newroot; restore -xf -) >>>>> >>>>> []s >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> why not just use Norton Ghost and ghost an image of the current >>>> drive to a new drive, boot with the CentOS rescue CD, reinstall >>>> grub and you're done! definitely the easiest way I can think of. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Possible reasons: >>> 1) Not everyone has it >>> 2) Not everyone has Windows >>> 3) Not everyone is willing to pay for Ghost >>> 4) Not everyone is willing to pay for Windows >>> 5) Norton Ghost is not F/OSS >>> 6) Everyone who has CentOS already has dump/restore, cpio, tar and cp >>> >>> There real question becomes, then, why to use ghost (for this). >>> >>> []s >>> >>> - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> >> >> >> >> because it simply works with the least amount of possibility for >> error. Its a matter of using the right tool for the job. nothin more >> nothin less. >> >