copy the music directory and file id's to the new drive using
cp -v /drive1/var /drive0/var
cp -v /drive1/fids /drive0/fids

Ah, thanks. There you go, then. Those are the commands to copy the music files from one drive to another. Does this also get the playlists copied, or does everything end up in "Unattached Items" after this?

(i thought emplode did this as well?) the emplode upgrade to setup the partitions.

Emplode won't upgrade or set up your partitions for you. That's a separate program. And the EmepgUpgrade program won't format your partitions, either, unless you feed it a special file. This special file is the one that you'd need to specifically request from Mike.

The other option is to follow the instructions at Dmoore.com and use the Linux command prompt to partition and format the second drive. I just found it easier to use Mike's special upgrade file because I didn't need to worry about typing the commands correctly.

Tony Fabris
Empeg #144