Norbert Preining said: > On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Theodore Ts'o wrote: >> Theoretically? Yes. > Ok. This is what I wanted to know. I thought exactely the same about how > I have to proceed (I even have started to write down all the necessary > information), but then, I couldn't find a tool for moving a file system > to the back with changing the start cylindern. And no, I wont write one > ;-) > > Thanks a lot for the hints, I will now try to borrow a disk! > You might also consider booting from a recovery utility in order to move the data to a new drive. http://www.sysresccd.org/download.en.php provides a useful CD ISO that can be used to boot a broken system, you can mount external file systems (NFS or SMB) make an image of the data on the filesystem (dd or partimage) has a graphical partition utility (qt_parted) and then you can pull the data back from the remote filesystem onto your original drive. This is a technique I've used for a number of things (specifically replacing a boot drive with a larger new disk, but it could do a great deal of what you're asking as well.) Hope this helps! Regards, Tom _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
