Mark wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I know that we have beat this topic up for a while. I just want to clarify
> an issue. I've just gotten a new HDD and want to take my RH 6.2
> installation and
>
> tar the partitions onto the new drive (easy)
> delete existing partitions from old drive, (also easy)
> * re-partition old drive
> * replace the files onto the new partitions.
>
> While I am thinking this through, it occurred to me that once I delete the
> existing partitions I won't have tar or fdisk available anymore to work
> with. I've created a boot disk (mkbootdisk) and verified that it will boot
> the system. Will cp'ing the files "tar" and "fdisk" to the bootdisk be
> enough to do the work, or do I need some libraries as well? Any other
> files that I might be missing?
Well, it is not clear to me why if you have copied the files onto your
new drive, that you would not be booting from that. But in any case, if
you can burn CDs and have a computer that can boot from the CDROM
(almost any computer built in the last few years), then in a situation
like this you might want to consider downloading the "Linuxcare Bootable
Business Card".
http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/
An invaluable tool to have around for things like this and any
unexpected emergencies that might come up. They can fit a lot more tools
onto a CDROM, including tar and fdisk and lots of READMEs with helpful
info.
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