Ghost 2003 documentation states it can clone ext2 and ext3 partitions. It may have problems with GRUB as well. Older versions choked on it. I suspect the Linux/Unix instructions given previously will work best in this case.
Marc Hasbrouck --- Jimbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ummm....I not much up on linux but I use a program > called Ghost by symantec. > I have not only been able to copy whole drives but > have been able to copy > partitions as well. I have onlydone this with > windoze but it should be able > to copy linux just as easy. It boots from a floppy > and is very user > friendly, just point and click. If you want I can > bring it over sometime > and help you out, just give me a holler off list. > > Jimbo > and yes, all cars break down, eventually. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "lugod's technical discussion forum" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 12:08 PM > Subject: [vox-tech] Cloning a drive? > > > > I need to move my desktop from a (full) 10G drive > to a (spare) 20G drive. > > > > The ideal results would be copy everything over, > then run lilo on the > > new drive, then it would boot up looking just like > the old one. > > > > Some googling found me an out of date HOWTO and a > few sites with > > instructions that were a little vague, so I > thought I would ask the > experts. > > > > Has anybody done this? > > > > Is it easy - not to hard - increadibly difficult - > don't even think > > about it? > > > > How do I do it - or better yet - a site with > almost idiot proof > > instructions. > > > > What are the things that can go wrong? > > > > Thanks, Paul > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
