Dear all Thank you for your help
Let me explain I am testing how to duplicate the system and have fast recovery in case of any problem 1/ I install the debian and all programs in /dev/hda 2/ then i put the new harddrive in /dev/hdc 3/ format, partition as hda and mount /dev/hdc 4/ using tar to copy all file system except /proc... from the hda to hdc 5/ shutdown the computer, change ide cable (unplug the hda, plug hdc to hda) In above steps, It should not need to change any /etc/fstab or grub and it should be fast recovery I know I miss some steps about boot but not sure how to do it. Any idea Thank you --- Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 12:59:21PM -0800, ann kok > wrote: > > Hi Andrew > > Hi > > > > > thank you > > you're welcome. > please don't top post. thanks. > > > > > could you give me more info? > > sure, but we need more info too... what specifically > are you trying to > do? It sounds like you're trying to duplicate a > system onto a new disk > and boot from the the new disk. is this correct? > > > > > i try to fdisk the 1st hardrive and can't see any > > bootable flag on it! > > yeah, Andre is right, that's okay, provided you have > a bootloader > (LILO or GrUB) installed to the master boot record > (MBR) of the disc. > > > > > But i did try to set the bootable flag on the 2nd > > harddrive. but it also can't boot! > > that's most likely because you don't have a boot > loader install. > > > > > how can I install the bootloader on the 2nd > harddrive? > > can you give me more info? > > several ways to do this. start by reading the docs > on whatever > bootloader you want to use. you can install the > bootloader from the > current system to have it install itself on the new > disk, but this > requires some monkey-business with making sure the > drives a properly > named. you could also chroot into the new system and > run the > bootloader from inside it. > > what bootloader are you using on the current system? > > > > > This is the 1st harddrive > > > > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to > 9729. > > There is nothing wrong with that, but this is > larger > > than 1024, > > and could in certain setups cause problems with: > > 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old > versions > > of LILO) > > 2) booting and partitioning software from other > OSs > > (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) > > do you need to deal with these issues? because if > not, don't worry > about it. > > > [snipped a perfectly fine partition table] > > > > > > > --- Andrew Sackville-West > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 11:54:52AM -0800, ann > kok > > > wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > > I use tar to copy from one harddrive to 2nd > > > harddrive > > > > > > this doesn't do what you think it does. it only > > > copies files from one > > > hard drive to another. > > > > > > > > then i put the harddrive to another same > harddrive > > > > computer. how can I make it bootable? > > > > > > > > > > you need to edit the partition table to make the > > > particular partition > > > bootable *and* you need to install a boot loader > in > > > either the MBR or > > > in the partition's BR. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]