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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
