Oooh, clonezilla looks cool! But it seems that dd is the most popular/simpler option
Has anyone got any caveats, warnings or advice about moving a system of the type I suggested?
The plan for the new system has been revised somewhat to be an MD array of two Rapstors and the storage arrays that I have hooked up (4 SATAs addressed as one volume) to be replaced with similar. The only way I think I can do it is to take off the main storage array, install a new SATA card, dd the system array then reconnect the storage arrays and dd them to their new homes....
This is due to the fact that there isn't enough room inside the case to have all the old and all the new drives. Can anyone think of a reason why I couldn't remove the old SATAs then put them in a separate computer with the new storage SATAs and new SATA controller, boot from a live CD and then dd that whilst the server does its thing?
I'm a little concerned about moving from SCSI to SATA for the system drives as I have no idea how this will impact on the way the various setups will react (as the server has a variety of daemons and programs setup I need to make sure that they all continue to run after the upgrade but hunting down faults due to slight change in path name would be an absolute headache especially if I can't get it fixed by the time the office reopens!)
