[mdlug] seek some suggestions for installing linux

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Mon, 2012-11-19 at 12:56 -0800, Ching-Yi wrote:
> I plan to install SUSE linux in my laptop Lenovo R400.
> I just bought a new hard drive (500 GB).
> The original hard drive contains SUSE Linux 11.1 and windows vista. This is a dual boot system.
> I have emails and some license software in SUSE Linux.
> After
>  I install SUSE 12.2 in thid new hard drive, how do I copy all 
> dependency of these software and emails to the new hard drive? 
> Could you give me some guidance or links I can check? Thanks for your reading.

If your previous installation is using LVM, then do not reinstall on the
new drive.  Just connect the new drive, add it as a pv to your vg, do a
pvmove to the new drive, refresh the boot loaded.  Then disconnect the
old drive.