On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 10:48:18AM -0500, B. Cook wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've got a dying drive on my hands.. and I know I found a doc/guide on
> the handbook before regarding this..
>
> something like..
>
> # tar cf - --one-file-system -C /var . | tar xpvf - -C /mnt/var
>
> where the new dr
Eric wrote:
B. Cook wrote:
Where could I tell him to get a live cd?
the installer CDs offer the option to drop into single user mode.. but
it just goes right to the installer..
:P
http://www.freesbie.org/
Was looking for something smaller..
Other than 635M to run dd
:)
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On 2006/12/05 9:00, B. Cook seems to have typed:
> Where could I tell him to get a live cd?
>
> the installer CDs offer the option to drop into single user mode.. but
> it just goes right to the installer..
It also allows you to go into "FixIt" Mode. Choose Fix It from the
installer CD.
You c
B. Cook wrote:
Where could I tell him to get a live cd?
the installer CDs offer the option to drop into single user mode.. but
it just goes right to the installer..
:P
http://www.freesbie.org/
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B. Cook wrote:
Hello all,
I've got a dying drive on my hands.. and I know I found a doc/guide on
the handbook before regarding this..
something like..
# tar cf - --one-file-system -C /var . | tar xpvf - -C /mnt/var
where the new drive is fsck'd and mounted at /mnt ..
or something else..
w
Ronald Paul wrote:
B. Cook wrote:
I've got a dying drive on my hands.. and I know I found a doc/guide
on the handbook before regarding this..
something like..
# tar cf - --one-file-system -C /var . | tar xpvf - -C /mnt/var
[..]
what would be the best way?
I do it this way:
dd if=/
B. Cook wrote:
I've got a dying drive on my hands.. and I know I found a doc/guide on
the handbook before regarding this..
something like..
# tar cf - --one-file-system -C /var . | tar xpvf - -C /mnt/var
[..]
what would be the best way?
I do it this way:
dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/
B. Cook wrote:
Hello all,
I've got a dying drive on my hands.. and I know I found a doc/guide on
the handbook before regarding this..
something like..
# tar cf - --one-file-system -C /var . | tar xpvf - -C /mnt/var
where the new drive is fsck'd and mounted at /mnt ..
or something else..
w
Hello all,
I've got a dying drive on my hands.. and I know I found a doc/guide on
the handbook before regarding this..
something like..
# tar cf - --one-file-system -C /var . | tar xpvf - -C /mnt/var
where the new drive is fsck'd and mounted at /mnt ..
or something else..
where is that?
o
