Is the new disk a different size? If it's the same disk, you could just use dd. (dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb) Jay posted something about a poor man's ghost. See archives. This may also be a good time to consider moving from ext2 to ReiserFS or XFS, as a cp -a / /mnt/new-disk will work just fine. (acutally, you have to be more selective or you'll recursivly copy /mnt/new-disk as well...) | Andrew S. Zbikowski | Home: 763.591.0977 | | http://www.ringworld.org | Work: 763.428.9119 | | http://www.itouthouse.com | PCS: 612.306.6055 | | His power apparently lies in his ability to | | choose incompetent enemies. | | - Crow T. Robot, MST3K, "Prince of Space" |