On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Gerry Doris wrote: > >> This is a test system and there isn't anything critical on it. This > >> is more in the line of "inquiring minds want to know". > > > > I'd still be hesitant to use it. You could still technically go with > > dd, but you'd have to use some fancy partition extending tricks. I > > guess it all comes down to whether you want to use an open source > > solution or a black box. > > > > Well, I guess you've stated it well..."do you want to use an open source > solution or a black box". > > I'm already using a black box. On this system Linux is sharing the disk > with a WinXP NTFS partition. I'm not confident of any Linux tools that > can handle the NTFS stuff. The Partition Magic DriveCopy package will > though and I can move the Linux stuff over manually if DriveCopy doesn't > work.
Use the blackbox on the proprietary OS. You have little choice there. I just don't see why you'd trust 'DriveCopy' to tinker with a filesystem that it obviously can't understand. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
