[gentoo-user] Keeping files synced
I routinely switch between two different systems, and was wondering if there was an easy way to keep my files synced between the two systems. I'm wondering if there is an application I can use or anything like that? Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slightly Complex Hard Drive Question
my dvd drive is only like 2 monthes old. It is a Memorex Dual Layer DVD+/- RW I think it is fairly fast. I guess now I'm just wondering would it be worth my time to make my gentoo drive my primary master, a second hard drive the primary slave, the last hard drive the secondary slave, and the dvd burner the secondary slave. On 4/14/05, Robert G. Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He has a very good point. > > The other thought is do you have a CD or DVD in one of the channels? > > If so, you need to check that the cd/dvd is as fast as your hdisk, > because a channel can only talk as fastas the slowest drive on it; to > talk aste would be to confuse the slow device & maybe cause it to cause > a computer crash or at least loss of data. > > If it is an older CD or DVD, especially CD, there is a good chance that > it will slow down the hdisk on the same channel, so you need to take > that into account while you are deciding which goes where for what use. > > His point is still valid. Especially if you have a fast cd/dvd or none. > > rgh. > > Kashani wrote: > > > Tom Moyer wrote: > > > >> Also from one response: "Put the drives on separate channels." > >> Why? I want to use all three for Gentoo if possible. > >> > > > > My mentioning it was more of a pointer for you to think about which > > drives you were going to be using most often rather than /dev/hd? > > ascetics. If you have the two heavily used drives on the same IDE > > channel you'll see some slow downs on your I/O. > > > > kashani > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slightly Complex Hard Drive Question
yeah but i don't think i will right away i thought I could get qemu to run Windows XP but it seems there is a bug in it that prevents it from booting correctly so I'll wait to do this for now. I figured that the system would be more organized if i moved the promary drive(120 Gig with Gentoo) to primary master (hda) instead of leaving it as primary slave (hdb). I guess it really doesn't matter though. On 4/14/05, Robert G. Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Moyer wrote: > > >I would like to swap hda and hdb. > >I don't want to swap any data across the drives I just want to have > >Gentoo be the only OS installed. > > > Linux, including Gentoo, can run from any drive in the system. > > If Gentoo is not already your default boot from Grub, you can easily > make it so; ask this if needed. > > If you want to COMPLETELY remove XP from the box, that is easy too, > erase its partition and create another one (or more) there to use as > you like. If, ask. > > If you don't want to swap any data from drive-x to drive-y, then you > will not be able to use new partitions as /, /usr, /var, etc, since > these are all already defined, so the newly-empty space would be, for > instsance, /work or .music or whatever. > > I am not sure I understand the first two lines above, but if I > understand #3 correctly, you __do__ want to *completely* erase XP, right? > > rgh. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Slightly Complex Hard Drive Question
Alright it seems like there was some confusion. hda (40 Gig) has only Windows XP with Grub installed to it's MBR hdb (120 Gig) has only Gentoo (all partitions including /boot) hdc(30 Gig) currently unused I would like to swap hda and hdb. >From what I could gather all this would involve is physically swapping the drives and then reinstalling Grub and modifying /etc/fstab to point to new partitons. I don't want to swap any data across the drives I just want to have Gentoo be the only OS installed. Also from one response: "Put the drives on separate channels." Why? I want to use all three for Gentoo if possible. Thanks Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Slightly complex Hard Drive Qeustion
I may just not be seeing an easy way to do this, so I figured I would ask if any one had any ideas. I currently have 3 hard drives in my computer: hda - Windows XP - 40 Gig hdb - Gentoo - 120 Gig hdc - nothing (I think it might be dead) - 30 Gig I got Windows running in qemu and no longer have a use for my Windows installation on hda and would like to be able to make the setup like the following: hda - Gentoo - 120 Gig hdb - Gentoo - 40 Gig (holding /home) hdc - Gentoo - 30 Gig (holding qemu .img file for Windows) what would be the easiest way to do this without killing gentoo? I know I would have to edit /etc/fstab, but I'm not sure how to go about changing my Grub setup to handle the new drive setup. Thanks, Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
