On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 06:12:40PM -0500, John H wrote: > Darn, I probably should have mentioned that the server is running Novell. > Your method sounds nice and easy if it was a **nix box.
All hope is not yet lost. Do you have less than 50% of your hard drive filled? If not, can you get rid of enough stuff to bring it below 50%? Here is a slight modification. It requires that your hard drive be at less than 50% capacity and that Novell doesn't corrupt your files. 1.- SSH into your laptop. In your laptop: 2.- tar -c / -f backup.tar # Duplicates the hard drive usage. 3.- gzip backup.tar 4.- Use scp or sftp to send backup.tar.gz to the Novell server. In your new laptop: 5.- Install Windows and the basic Linux install as I described earlier. 6.- Use scp or sftp to get backup.tar.gz back from the Novell server. 7.- cd / 8.- tar -zxvf backup.tar.gz You should be good to go then. Good luck again. > > > > Daniel Carrera wrote: > > >HHmm... is the server running Windows? I assume it is. I don't know much > >about Windows. I will offer a suggestion that would probably work on a > >Unix server. Perhaps you can use the gist of it to translate it to a > >Windows equivalent: > > > >I assume that you can ssh into your laptop. > > > >On your laptop: > >- Export / as an NFS system. > > > >On the server: > >- Mount your laptop's / to /mnt/laptop > >- Use 'tar -c /mnt/laptop -f laptop.tar; gzip laptop.tar' to backup your > > laptop. If the server has a tape drive, you could backup to a tape > > instead (refer to the tar manpage). > > > >When you get your new laptop, install your Windows and get a very basic > >Linux install. This Linux install should have your desired partitioning. > > > >On your new laptop: > >- SSH into the server and get your laptop.tar.gz file. > >- cd to / and do a 'tar -zxvf laptop.tar.gz'. > > > >This should restore your entire system, just as you left it. > > > >I suggest that you run this plan by someone before implementing it. I've > >never tried this myself, but it should work. After all, this is precisely > >what tar was invented for. > > > >Good luck, > >Daniel. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Daniel Carrera Graduate Teaching Assistant. Math Dept. University of Maryland. (301) 405-5137 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
