dd on Windows
Hi All, I have a question that, personally, I find somewhat amusing... I have a user that needs a bigger hard drive in his laptop. Naturally, he is running Win2K (damn sales people...). But, he needs everything moved from one drive to the other. I was thinking about taking the hard drives, plugging them into IDE adapters, connecting them to a regular PC, booting off of a Linux floppy, and dd-ing on drive onto the other. Has anyone had any luck doing this with 1) Windows and 2) drives with differeing geometries (which I don't think dd cares about)? TIA, Kenny -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: dd on Windows
Yah; works like a charm. Honestly, though, I use cat (eg. cat /dev/source /dev/dest), -- works great, too, and you don't need to know your source's size, either -- it just ends when there's no more data. (Also the way I create/write floppy images.) As for your geometry, all will probably be fine, BUT: sometimes the NT bootloader gets pissed. (Now -there's- a shock.) It requires some finagling; see Google if it happens to you. Once done, you could either create a new partition, or, with Partition Magic, expand the current one. $.02, -Ken On 1 Aug 2002, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Hi All, I have a question that, personally, I find somewhat amusing... I have a user that needs a bigger hard drive in his laptop. Naturally, he is running Win2K (damn sales people...). But, he needs everything moved from one drive to the other. I was thinking about taking the hard drives, plugging them into IDE adapters, connecting them to a regular PC, booting off of a Linux floppy, and dd-ing on drive onto the other. Has anyone had any luck doing this with 1) Windows and 2) drives with differeing geometries (which I don't think dd cares about)? TIA, Kenny -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: dd on Windows
On 1 Aug 2002, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: from one drive to the other. I was thinking about taking the hard drives, plugging them into IDE adapters, connecting them to a regular PC, booting off of a Linux floppy, and dd-ing on drive onto the other. Has anyone had any luck doing this with 1) Windows and 2) drives with differeing geometries (which I don't think dd cares about)? I've recently been doing this with norton Ghost (as it's incredibly fast, believe it or not - it'll also do ext2 filesystems.. anyone tried that, by the way?) I recall doing this awhile back, with the only gotcha of don't try to clone the partition, clone the drive. IIRC, when I tried to clone the partition, I had to initialize the MBR seperately... But it's been awhile, so don't quote me there. ben -- The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: dd on Windows
I would think you could use dd (either from linux or cygwin utils under windows) to copy drives of the same geometry. With drives of different geometries you will most likely have more difficulty. I won't say it's not possible, but, I would guess that would be more steps involved and not having done it, I don't know what those steps would be. I would sure like to know in case I need to do it someday, however. -Andy Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Hi All, I have a question that, personally, I find somewhat amusing... I have a user that needs a bigger hard drive in his laptop. Naturally, he is running Win2K (damn sales people...). But, he needs everything moved from one drive to the other. I was thinking about taking the hard drives, plugging them into IDE adapters, connecting them to a regular PC, booting off of a Linux floppy, and dd-ing on drive onto the other. Has anyone had any luck doing this with 1) Windows and 2) drives with differeing geometries (which I don't think dd cares about)? TIA, Kenny -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Article
As I was parusing Kero5hin, I came accross a great article. It is a public apology to the Linux world for getting RMS on the GNU/Linux kick. Funny read http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/8/1/04512/12614 C-Ya, Kenny -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Nahhh, we don't need to secure the *internal* network....
We're behind a firewall. We're safe! http://online.securityfocus.com/news/558 Think again! (not that we haven't said *that* before either ;) -- Seeya, Paul * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
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Re: Nahhh, we don't need to secure the *internal* network....
So, basically, be suspicious if anyone brings in a gaming console and sets it up in the breakroom. My favorite quote form this was: Most organizations focus on the perimeter, said Davis. Once you get through the outside, there's a soft chewy center. Not a bad read. A little light on the details, and you can't really dance to it, so I'd give it a 7.3 ;-) C-Ya, Kenny On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 13:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're behind a firewall. We're safe! http://online.securityfocus.com/news/558 Think again! (not that we haven't said *that* before either ;) -- Seeya, Paul * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Article
Maybe we should call it: G/linl - Gnu/linux is not linux. That should clear up all the confusion ;) -Andy Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: As I was parusing Kero5hin, I came accross a great article. It is a public apology to the Linux world for getting RMS on the GNU/Linux kick. Funny read http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/8/1/04512/12614 C-Ya, Kenny -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Article
Hi, When RMS started the campaign, I thought it was a big pain in the butt. On the other hand, I did agree that the work that the FSF and others (XFree86, KDE, etc.) was getting lost in the commotion about Linux. While I still tend to call the OS Linux, now I mention the FSF and the other groups much more than I used to mention them. So his campaign worked, to a large extent. GNU/maddog -- = Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(SM) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (SM)Linux International is a service mark of Linux International, Inc. * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Article
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, at 4:26pm, Jon Hall wrote: So his campaign worked, to a large extent. Unfortunately, his campaign also alienated a lot of (potential) supporters. I have to wonder if he didn't end up with a net loss. -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Nahhh, we don't need to secure the *internal* network....
I'd think an old 386 would be alot less noticable and more disposable. Heck, how about a floppy based system? Go up to an existing machine already running on a friday afternoon and boot. If it's a floppy, have it erase itself after it boots. It'd probably run undetected until monday morning. Kenneth E. Lussier said: So, basically, be suspicious if anyone brings in a gaming console and sets it up in the breakroom. My favorite quote form this was: Most organizations focus on the perimeter, said Davis. Once you get through the outside, there's a soft chewy center. Not a bad read. A little light on the details, and you can't really dance to it, so I'd give it a 7.3 ;-) C-Ya, Kenny On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 13:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're behind a firewall. We're safe! http://online.securityfocus.com/news/558 Think again! (not that we haven't said *that* before either ;) -- Seeya, Paul * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * -- --- Tom Buskey * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
