On Tuesday 09 September 2003 09:12, Scharf Yuval wrote: > Hello, > > Every day I get more signs that my HD is collapsing. > Tomorrow I'll have to go to the store and buy a new one. > > So I'll have to copy the old HD to the new HD. > I have no time to investigate how to do it properly so I need your help. > > First question: Can I do it while using the system or do I have to boot > from a CD? > > My current configuration is: > > yuval_scharf root # /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hda > > Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 1244 9992398+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda2 1245 2434 9558675 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 1245 2325 8683101 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 2326 2434 875511 82 Linux swap > > > I'd like to add a boot partition for Linux. > What do I need to do in order to keep the Windows ME working?
You got Windows ME to work?? ;-) </me prefers Win311 to WinMe) With Win95/98 I was able to xcopy /s /e c:\*.* d:\*.*, move d:\ to c:\, boot from a floppy and then sys c:\. That may or may not work in WinMe. If it doesn't work or you don't have a clue what I just said, there is software such as Norton Ghost that will copy a Win partition to a new drive. As for Gentoo, this was discussed in depth just last month. Read about it at: http://news.gmane.org/onethread.php?group=gmane.linux.gentoo.user&root=%3C002401c36a51%240f7c3780%240100a8c0%40sammy%3E Regards, Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
