----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Hunter-Duvar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:44 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] HDD cloning
> On October 10, 2005 09:04, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > ... > > >>New problem. I have a new HDD, I would like to move every thing from the > > >>old hdd to the new one. > > >> > > >>what is the best way to clone my BOOT drive? so that the new drive boots > > >> as well > > >> > > >>It's a dual boot 2005LE / WinXP > ... > > There are two problems with this - the first is that the drives must be > > the same size/geomitry, or you will run into problems. Second, it will > > take a long time, as it will copy empty space as well as data. Thirn, > > coping a "live" file system is not a good idea. If you are going to use > > this method, you should boot from a "live" CD version of Linux, or at > > least drop to the single user mode. old drive 60Gb new drive 80Gb > > A better method is to use Ghost4Linux. ftp://fedoragcc.dyndns.org/ You > > can download the bootable CD image and burn it. > > > > Mikkel will this allow the new drive to boot? Thanks Al
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