I advise you to take a look at the 'dd' UNIX command. james
___________________________ James Attard, B.Eng.(Hons.) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mob: +356-99215034 On 10/2/05, Keith Vasallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey guys/girls, > > I have a computer with a Mandrake 10.0 Official installation on it. I > use this as a server and it has been running perfectly for ages. I > would now like to update it to the latest Mandriva (using the Mandriva > CDs), but before I do so, I'd like to clone this installation so that > if anything goes wrong, I can revert to the clone and keep working. > > Basically, what I want is to create an exact copy of this computer's > hard disk onto another empty hard disk I have. I need this to be > bootable and everything - an EXACT copy. My question is: > > 1) How do I do this > 2) Does the other hard disk have to be the same size? (the hard disk > in this PC is 120GB (I'm only using 7GB of it), the other hard disk is > 80GB) > > Regards, > > Keith > > - -- > Keith Vassallo > Registered GNU/Linux User #290991 > http://www.keithvassallo.net > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDP5fRym3HAdrlsyERAre0AJ0QL8qU+d2tkmc29C3Ps17Rpx9/VQCfXZFT > tmPuLkjRwqLc5AqvPUadV9Y= > =As8C > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > MLUG-list@linux.org.mt > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > -- j@
