That is why I said it costs some money. But the new drive is much less expensive than lost data. Also you get faster boot times if you replace with a 7200 rpm or better drive. 3400 or 5400 rpm drives are strictly for the birds... Bob Muhammad Akhtar wrote: >I don't think Stephen has a spare disk. stephen? > > > > > >Robert L. Cochran wrote:> > >To me this is all pretty simple now that I've done it at least one time. >But it does take careful study and it costs some money. > >I haven't tested this procedure on a source disk which contains both >Linux and Microsoft Windows partitions. So I don't know how well this >will work on such a source disk. I have done it on a source disk >containing only Linux partitions. It went just fine. The method used >here does not in any way destroy your source drive, so you always have a >full backup of the data right there. Of course, you want to make >absolutely sure that you don't partition your source drive by accident. >So pay close attention to the device names. > >Step 1. Read the hard drive upgrade how-to at the Linux Documentation >Project. > >Step 2. Read the partitioning how-to as well. > >Step 2a. Use df -h to get a clear idea of the partitions on the old >(source) disk. I assume this disk is mounted and df shows all the >partitions of every mounted volume. > >Step 3. Power down your computer. Open your computer case. Add a new >hard drive to it. It can be any size equal to or larger than your >present drive. Make sure you know the device name of the new drive. > >Step 4. Partition the new drive to the sizes you want for each >partition. Format partitions for the desired filesystems. Before >partitioning, make real sure this is definitely the drive you want to >partition. > >Step 5. Transfer data from the old hard drive to the new drive following >the instructions given in the hard drive upgrade how-to. Pay very close >attention to what the how-to suggests. > >Step 6. Don't forget to assign disk labels with the 'e2label' program. > >Step 7. Adjust /etc/fstab if needed. > >Step 8. Power down computer. Swap the new hard drive with the old hard >drive. Reboot the computer. > >Step 9. Check that all is well. You should be just fine. Possibly you >may need to add forgotten disk labels with e2label and/or make further >adjustments with /etc/fstab. If need be, use your Linux CD #1 and go >into rescue mode to fix these. > >Notice that the old disk is the backup disk. If you are sure that you >didn't miss copying any files, you can put the old drive to other uses. >Otherwise just put it in an antistatic bag and shelve it somewhere safe >for a few weeks. > >This process can be made much easier with an ADS USB 2.0 drive adapter >containing the new disk which is plugged into a USB hub, but I haven't >tested this method yet. I'm concerned about the relatively low USB 1.1 >transfer speeds you will get if you plug into a USB 1.1 style hub. > >Bob Cochran >Greenbelt, Maryland, USA > > > >Stephen Liu wrote: > > > >>Hi Muhammad, >> >>Thanks for your detail advice. >> >>At 09:52 PM 10/14/2002 -0400, you wrote: >> >> >> >>>You have 3 partitions... >>>How big are these partitions and what are these partitions mounted on? >>>I guess partition /dev/hda1 is "/" and /dev/hda2 is the physical >>>which holds the >>>logical /dev/hda3 swap partition. In which case you may as well >>>re-install, >>>or use some backup software or ghosting utility. >>> >>> >>1) >> >>I will check it later because I am answering your posting on a Windows >>machine. >> >>The hard drive is 40G in size which was running RH7.3 only, now >>upgraded to RH8.0 It was not installed by me previously. >> >>There is plenty of free space there. Now my job is to resize existing >>partitions getting more free space and add new partitions for users. >> >>I have Norton Ghost and I am in doubt whether it runs on Linux. I >>also have Instant Recovery which runs on CDRom, backup OS drive >>without starting it and write directly on CD-Writer. I have used the >>Windows version of the later on Windows environment but never use the >>Linux version on Linux. On Windows It can backup partitions and >>restore them selectively. >> >> >> >>>Is there a real special setup you have on this machine that you >>>choose not >>>to re-install, if not i'd go for the re-install option. By far the most >>>stress free, and just back-up your user data and any special config >>>files >>>that may aid a speedy re-configuration of your newly re-installed >>>system. >>> >>> >>2) >> >>Yes, there are some special setup and special applications running on >>RH8.0 >> >> >> >>>You are backing up on to CD, unfortunately there is no magic command to >>>restore the backup data, unless you were using some special backup >>>software >>>or ghost utility in which case you could have this magic command. >>> >>> >>3) >> >>Please refer to my reply in point 1) above. >> >> >> >> >>>I have had similar problems over the last few months i solved them by >>>getting an >>>80GB hard drive. My desktop machine which now has two HDs a 20GB >>>Primary >>>Master with 5 partitions. /dev/hda1 is a Windoze XP partition, >>>/dev/hda2 is a >>>RH8 partition, and /dev/hda3 is a SlackWare 8.1 partition, /dev/hda4 >>>is physical >>>partition which holds /dev/hda5 my logical swap partition, which is >>>used by both >>>Slack and RH. All my user data, music, movies, and software are held >>>on my Primary >>>Slave which also has quite a few partitions but one in particular >>>that is just used >>>in case I need to backup a partition to re-install one of the OS's or >>>something. >>> >>> >>That is what I do on Windows machine, slave drive or a partition >>"Drive D". But I stop allowing 2 OSs sharing a hard drive after an >>accident, partition table collapse. It took me very long time and >>paintsticking effort to get the drive and all data back. >> >>I could not resolve if I have all users partitions on slave drive how >>can Linux finds the respective folder for him automatically when a >>user starts Linux and login. Any special links have to be created >> >> >> >>>My drive cost me about £75 GBP, and believe me it is much less of a >>>headache to >>>re-install and mess with my system now. >>> >>> >>Yes, that is true. But in this case it is a dual OS PC, RH8.0 and >>WinXP with their own hard drive mounted on mobile rack. I don't know >>what will happen if a RH8.0 Slave is attached to WinXP, secondly how >>to make use of the free space in Primary drive >> >>Thanks >> >>Stephen >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
