On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Could you offer a precise command for copying the system > from / to /mnt/hd , say? > Would one exclude /dev or /proc , for example? I've not updated this in years nor for a 2.6 kernel and grub, but the process is basically unchanged: http://www.owlriver.com/tips/rsync-cookbook/ The only changes would be to manually make ./proc, ./sys, and ./dev on the target device, to either run a recovery CD or grub at the command line to get the boot loader right [remember to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf ], and make sure the new /etc/fsttab matches your partitioning scheme -- Russ herrold