Re: replacing failing system disk

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Bryan Donlan wrote: > On 8/19/05, Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > or as you say ( to do stuff and pray ): > > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb count=1 bs=448 > > > > power off .. > > > > than move hdb to where hda used to be and it should > >

Re: replacing failing system disk

On 8/19/05, Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > or as you say ( to do stuff and pray ): > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb count=1 bs=448 > > power off .. > > than move hdb to where hda used to be and it should > work as a replacement for hda Note that this will bre

Re: replacing failing system disk

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Shea Martin wrote: > My hda is going south. I have a good (crosses fingers) disk as /dev/hdb > right now. My plan for migration is this: > > 1. fdisk /dev/hdb, and create similar partion scheme on hdb. > 2. newfs all new partititions, mkswap on swap partition. > 2. from kno

Re: replacing failing system disk

On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 12:09:49AM +, Shea Martin wrote: > My hda is going south. I have a good (crosses fingers) disk as /dev/hdb > right now. My plan for migration is this: > > 1. fdisk /dev/hdb, and create similar partion scheme on hdb. > 2. newfs all new partititions, mkswap on swap parti