Hum, my first re: didn't seem to make it. What I am
talking about below is that I have the transfer cd for
copying a hd to a new hd that came with my maxtor
newbie in case you need to borrow it. That is if you
cannot get linux to do it for you somehow..newbie
here, even more than you.
I am assuming that it will work with any hd, not have
to have a maxtor as the target...don't know. And that
I could come by asu and loan it or copy it possibly.
--- ec <
eculbert@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
> --- 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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