Zach wrote: > I have 2 machines: one is a laptop, the other is an old desktop. > Neither has a CD/DVD burner nor do I have broadband internet access > yet however both machines have NIC cards so I thought I could buy a > few feet of CAT5 ethernet cable and connect them to transfer > everything from the laptop to the desktop (which has an extra 50GB > hard disk that is empty and would be perfect for this task). > > The laptop has 2 partitions: /hda1 for Win32 and /hda2 for Linux. > > Both machines are running Debian testing release. The laptop machine > is up to date howver the dekstop has not been updated in 3 years and > it would not be practical to update it at this point since I don't yet > have broadband. Hopefully that will not hinder me from the task at > hand. > > The desktop has 3 partitions: /hda1 for Win32, hda2 for Linux and hdb1 > (IIRC) which is either blank or was formatted for Linux Swap. > > I've never hooked up ethernet or setup a LAN nor transferred a hard > disk image from one machine to another. I want to transfer the Win32 > AND Linux partitions from the laptop over to the desktop extra hard > disk. > > The ethernet cable I just plug into each NIC. Never setup a NIC before > so does someone know how I do this?
If you are going to network with a single cable between two machines, it must be a crossover ethernet cable. If you do not have one of those, then you will have to use two cables, and plug them into a network hub/switch. > > After that is working what should I do to get the 2 machines talking > to one another. It depends on what you want them to say :) Are you asking how you assign ip addresses to them either staticly, or via dhcp? Or do you have that working now (can ping between them) and wish to know how to 'share files' between the two machines? I'm not sure if your goal is simply to copy the data from your laptop hard drive (both linux and win32) partitions as a backup -- or if you intend to run the Windows and Linux setup you have on your laptop hard-drive, except now on your 'spare' desktop's 2nd drive. That is important to clarify, because the tools and methods you will use depend on your ultimate goal -- please clarify. > > And what is the method method for transferring the data (20GB Win32 > and 16HB Linux partitions). Take a look at SystemRescue CD (current version is 0.3.2), and also take a look at Knoppix. In fact, most live-cd linux distributions will have some sort of utility that you can use to move data between machines. Both of the above have a program called partimage, which I'm thinking you will find useful to backup both of your laptop partitions. > > Also should I copy the data over rather than move it in case there is > a problem? Yes, COPY. Don't move. We're not sure what you're trying to do yet though. I don't have enough spare space on the laptop side for this > though (only about 200MB free total on the entire disk including Win32 > and Linux partitions). > > Regards, > Zach > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
