Re: cloning a desktop to a notebook

["David Rosenstrauch" <user=20@nabble.blu.org>]

 Kent Borg wrote: 
> David Rosenstrauch wrote: 
>> You could probably also just tar up the file system from the desktop, 
>> and then un-tar it back to the laptop.  (i.e., boot the desktop into a 
>> live cd, mount the HD, and then zip up it's contents)  You'd probably 
>> have to tweak a few things (e.g., install a MBR onto the HD of the 
>> laptop, alter the list of kernel modules you need to load, etc.), but 
>> other than that it should pretty much work. 
> 
> I essentially did that recently when my notebook was in for repairs and 
> I wanted to run off of an external USB disk.  After doing a dummy 
> install to get the USB booting working, it was something like an "rsync 
> -a" of everything, go back and edit things like /etc/fstab and 
> /boot/grub/menu.lst (others?) so the new volumes would be found, and I 
> was there.  (Not only did it work, it was legal--take that MS users and 
> DMCA supporters.)