I could try and burn a copy and mail it if you wanted
also... Just let me know.
Side note. In messing around with dual booting, I have
managed to mess up the new drive 4 or 5 times and that
disk has been a blessing... In fact, the 'old drive'
is sitting in a slot, unplugged, just waiting to do it
again.
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Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
>
> Instead of using the command line I just stick in a
> Mandrake install disk and do
> the partitioning graphicly. I hope that my plan
> passed the sanity test about
> copying files over...?
>
> Quoting Bart Garst <bartgarst@cox.net>:
>
> > I might be a little late to offer any help but, it
> sounds like
> > `parted`
> > is the tool for this. It's what I use for this
> very thing.
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html
> >
> > I always use the bootdisk.
> >
> > Bart
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 23:40,
> Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > >
> > > Good point about DD wiping the partion table.
> Thanks for the offer of
> > chatting
> > > it out but I will chicken out of learning how to
> resize partions for
> > the time
> > > being and instead create the partions, copy over
> the files, and stick
> > in a
> > > windows install disk and go to the recover
> console.
> > >
> > > If I have issues with that I will beg help some
> other night. IF that
> > is the case
> > > I will send you an email off list to beg help.
> > >
> > > Thanks a ton for the help.
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com>:
> > >
> > > > > > > > On Friday 14 November 2003 11:26 pm,
> Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > > > > Old Drive:
> > > > > 2.5 gigs on one fat partition (that just
> sounds wrong)
> > > > >
> > > > > New Drive:
> > > > > I will fdisk it blank and then create a 8
> gig first partiton
> > which
> > > > will
> > > > > receive all the files to be copied over and
> then a 32 gig second
> > > > partition
> > > > > to fart around with later.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am concerned really only with the dding
> the MBR. I can figure
> > out
> > > > cp
> > > > > again (it has been a few months away fromt
> he command prompt) on
> > my
> > > > own.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the reply.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > So you want to copy only the MBR?
> > > >
> > > > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 count=1
> > > >
> > > > Will copy the very first block of hda to the
> very first block of
> > hdb.
> > > >
> > > > This will, of course, wipe out your new
> partition table that you
> > just
> > > > created
> > > > so I guess I still don't understand. Maybe dd
> is not the tool you
> > > > want.
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > > > > > >
> > > >
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