Whoops! Sorry about that- you will not get the proper hard drive geometry unless both drives are the same type-
disregard my previous post! Tad Tad Bilby wrote: > Sabino- > try dd if=/dev/sda3 of=/dev/sdb3 bs=8000k > > or better yet: > # man dd > and use your original disk as the "if" infile and the > "to be cloned disk" as the "of" outfile. > > You will want to select the "whole disk" partition or slice > for the copy. > > Tad > > Sabino Maggi wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > I have a Sparc IPX with with two hard-disks, an external (slow!) 2 GB hd > > for the OS (Debian GNU/Linux potato) and an internal hd mounted as > > /home. > > I want to "clone" my existing system on a new disk. What I have done is: > > > > 1. I have substituted the internal disk with the new one; > > 2. I have booted the present system, partitioning and formatting the new > > hd (/dev/sdb). > > I have not forgot to have a "whole disk" partition (/dev/sdb3) and I > > have created 3 other partitions on this disk for /, /home and swap. > > 3. Then I have mounted /dev/sdb1 as /mnt/new-disk/, copying the old fs > > on the new disk: > > 'cp -ax / /mnt/new-disk'. I have also checked everything and the copy > > seems fine. > > 4. I have finally edited /mnt/new-disk/etc/fstab to reflect the new > > hard-disk partitioning scheme. > > 5. (I have also copied the /home partition on the new system, but I > > think this has nothing to do with what I am describing here.) > > > > What I have done is basically the same that I did on my pc at home > > without any problems. The main difference is that here I have not run > > 'silo' after changing fstab. > > > > However, when I try to boot off the new hd (physically removing also the > > connection to the external disk), I get this error message: > > "Boot device: /sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],800000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 File and > > args: > > The file just loaded does not appear to be executable. > > Type b (boot)..." > > > > It goes without saying that probe-scsi correctly recognizes the hd and > > that the scsi id is right. I have also tried to enable/disable bus > > termination on the hd with no result. > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Thanks > > Sabino > > -- > > > > +---------------------------------------------------+ > > | Windows NT has detected that there were no errors | > > | for the past 10 minutes. The system will now try | > > | to restart or crash. Click the OK button to | > > | continue. | > > | < Ok > | > > +---------------------------------------------------+ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sabino Maggi ! tel: (+39) 011-3919-449 *NEW* > > IEN "G. Ferraris" ! fax: (+39) 011-3463-84 > > Strada delle Cacce, 91 ! e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I-10135 Torino, Italy ! http: www.ien.it/~maggi > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---- Tad Bilby Rave Computer Assoc. Technical Support 800-966-7283 x224 *******************************
