[Discuss] Multiple HDD setup in Linux

[Murray Strome]

Brian Burger wrote:
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> 3. After the new system & drive is up and running, mount the 120GB's
> old /home and transfer my files across with dd.
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I would NOT use dd to transfer your files across from the old  /home.  
To start with, copy the files that are NOT .* (using cp -R from a 
terminal or the equivalent of copy in konqueror (I am not familiar 
enough with Gnome to know what that is).
Then, carefully copy other ones.  The problem with dd in this case is 
that it could mess up some of your new /home settings.

> 4. Reformat the entire 120GB; then use LVM to add that whole volume to
> the existing new /home.
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If you reformat the entire 120GB drive at this point, don't you risk 
losing information? Why not wait till you are certain that everything is 
working OK before you take this step.

Murray