transferring linux system to another hard drive

[Gregory Nowak]

Uhhm, what about them Vic?
Greg


On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 12:19:11PM +0100, Victor Tsaran wrote:
> And what about mount points?
> VIc
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dawes" <sdawes at telusplanet.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:09 AM
> Subject: RE: transferring linux system to another hard drive
> 
> 
> > 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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