How to replace a hard drive w/o reinstall?
> Would it be possible for you to attach an identical hard
> drive (you just gave me this hard drive last month, so
> I'd think the chances of you having another identical
> one are good), use "dd" to copy all the contents of my
> current hard drive exactly, and then replace the
> current one with the new one?
But they replied:
> If it is the primary device then the server will have to
> be reinstalled and the old drive slaved.
Why can't they do what I asked? What if I ask them to slave the new drive, and then I "dd" it myself and have them swap it after "dd", would I be able to do this while the "/" partition is mounted (I can only access the server while "/' is mounted, since I only have remote SSH access)?
