-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joe Hart wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > [snip] >>> I have had suggestions ranging from dd to pcopy and even rsync on >>> mounted drives. Still not sure the way to go. But thanks to all for the >>> suggestions. > > You can expect that. There are a multitude of ways to accomplish the > same tasks, and people have preferences that are different than others. > If you don't know what you're doing, and don't know the commands, then > I can see how it would be difficult to know which path of advice to > take. You have a choice, research the commands given and pick one, or > blindly pick one and hope that it is good for you.
I've been running various flavors of Linux for a couple of years...but without some previous experience it's tough to know which way has the best chances of no-problem success. I am told dd is slow...and can be error prone..so I am leaning towards Pcopy. > > I will add to your confusion and tell you another way. You can use > partimage to take a snapshot of a whole partition and then restore that > snapshot to a new drive. I thought of this way but it **seemed** to simple :) > > Now if I were you, I'd keep the old drive and use it as a slave so that > you have even more space. Good luck. Good idea - you can never have too much HD space :) Thanks Cheers Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGGTel8Rvr3Tn207ARAjYkAKCAY5hOsYsy5rbpG/ErknpsMxf3kgCfdiYV WuVZrwNLcldXDNINvdACMIU= =2tM+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
