transferring linux system to another hard drive

[Dawes, Stephen]

Well, it doesn't matter what is formally done to the hard destination,
because dd over writes it.

Ok, I opened Pandora's box on this one, but a little RTFM on dd may
answer these questions that you are asking as well.  Don't be afraid to
type 
man dd
at the bash prompt, and then listen to what speakup tells you.


Steve Dawes
PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
Mailto:  sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca 



-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Holmes [mailto:steve at holmesgrown.com]
Sent: 2001 December 06 10:22 AM
To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
Subject: RE: transferring linux system to another hard drive


The only question I have about this procedure is what if the destination
drive is much larger than the original? Wouldn't this cause the new
drive
to have a smaller partition?

How do you preserve the full size of the partition on the new drive with
the specs used to create it?

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Steve Dawes wrote:

> The free way to do this is as follows!
>
> 1.  have both hard drives connected to the same computer
> 2. boot the system with a rescue disk, that contains the speaking
kernels
> and tools necessary to do the rest of this job.
> 3.  once booted, type the following at the command prompt, leaving off
the
> quotes of course.
> "dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb"
> 4.  Mount the new drive
> 5. chroot
> 6. lilo
> 7.  Remove the floppy.
> 8.  shutdown
> 9.  disconnect the original drive.
> 10.  Boot the system, and voila.
>
> This does work, as I know of people who have done exactly the steps
listed
> above.
>
> Good Luck!!!
>
> AND IT IS FREE!!!
>
>
>
> Steve Dawes VE6AYT
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Thomas Ward
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:29 AM
> > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > Subject: Re: transferring linux system to another hard drive
> >
> >
> > There is a great program out there called Image cast 4.5 that will
do just
> > this sort of thing. It isn't free, but I love it.
> > Image cast does have a dos client which  you can make a batch
> > file for which
> > will do the following:
> > A. Image all your files, and if you want image [partitions as well.
B.
> > converts it to a file which you send to another computer on your
> > network or
> > another hard drive in your computer. C. I use a batch file which
then
> > extracts the image onto the new hard drive, and it is easy as that.
> > If you are interested email me off list and I'll see if I can
> > help you get
> > up and running with IC 4.5, and get your drives imaged.
> > You can email me at:
> > tward at bright.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak at chartermi.net>
> > To: <blinux-list at redhat.com>; speakup <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>;
> > <debian-user at lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:29 AM
> > Subject: transfering linux system to another hard drive
> >
> >
> > > I apologize for the cross-post, but I'm trying to get info as soon
as
> > > possible; even if somebody has just seen this on one of these
lists and
> > > can steer me toward the correct archive it would be appreciated.
> > > My hard drive with linux is failing; I have just obtained a 20gig
drive
> > > which will have both my dos and linux on it. All drives--my dying
linux
> > > drive, my old and tiny dos drive, and my new drive--are all
connected to
> > > the computer. I will have to partition the hard drive, but it is
being
> > > recognized correctly in the bios and linux. Eventually, the dying
drive
> > > (hda) will be removed as will the dos drive (hdd) and the new
> > drive (hdb)
> > > will become hda.  I want to know if there is a way to transfer my
linux
> > > from the dying 2.5gig drive to the new 20gig; I am assuming I will
first
> > > need to partition the hard drive and the partitioning will
probably be
> > > somewhat different from the old drive due to the difference in
size.
> > > Sorry for the info repeat to those on blinux.
> > > I know I saw a discussion of just this problem somewhere recently
but
> > > haven't been able to locate it.
> > > Also, can I make my partition that will hold dos with linux since
I have
> > > no data already onthe hard drive to protect?
> > > thanks.
> > > Cheryl
> > >
> > >
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