What would be the easiest way to move linux from one hdrive to another. This is my current setup:<br>Mandrake 7.0 on a 1gb ide hdrive primary master<br>22 gb ide hdrive mounted under /home<br><br>I recently got a 3.2 gb scsi with adaptec scsi card and I want to make it the linux's new home. How can I do this with a minimal of effort. I am familiar with computers and hardware but have little experience with scsi equipment. How would I set it up for such a configuration.<br><br>BTW, the computer is a pII 366 celeron, with 32mb of ram and it runs great as my mp3 server. I thought about giving the scsi drive to windows (which I would have no problems install ;-))but I would rather learn something new and give it to an O/S that would be able to fully use it.<br><br>Any opinions, comments or help will be greatly appreciated<br> <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> I am interested in Mining Software, as well as Genetic Algorithms.
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<font color=red><b><FONT FACE=monospace>mount /dev/sca0 /scsii<br> cp -a /xx /scsii</font></b></font><br><br>will copy directory <font color=red><FONT FACE=monospace><b>xx</b></font></font>, with all its subdirectories, preserving file dates and syslinks and only copying files having newer dates than those on the destination.<br><br>By only copying one top directory at a time you avoid recursively copying the contents of /scsii to itself with each additional directory. Unless you want to fill up your SCSII drive.<br><br>I use this method to make partial backups to a Castlewood ORB 2.2 GB removable cartridge disk drive. <p>Octalman<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>
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Octalman,<br><br>I would have used the <FONT FACE=monospace><b>dd</font>]</b> command like this<br><br>/dev/hd1 is the existing hard drive with linux on it<br><br>/dev/hd2 is the new hard drive where you want linux to be.<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><b>dd if=/dev/hd1 of=/dev/hd2 </font>]</b><br><br>This would have the advantage that it would copy the boot sectors across as well -- or am I barking up the wrong tree? <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href= Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>Please -- Don't send me email questions without posting them in Tek-Tips as well. Better yet -- Post the question in Tek-Tips and send me a note saying "Have a look at so-and-so in the thingy forum would you?"
whoops - that final ']' on the dd line is not needed <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href= Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>Please -- Don't send me email questions without posting them in Tek-Tips as well. Better yet -- Post the question in Tek-Tips and send me a note saying "Have a look at so-and-so in the thingy forum would you?"
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Thank you for the help, I will try it as soon as I get home.<br><br>BTW, is there anything that I should watch for while setting up the scsi drive, both in terms of physical installation and the computer recognizing the drive?<br><br>fenris <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> I am interested in Mining Software, as well as Genetic Algorithms.
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I recently got around to moving linux off the 1gig ide drive to the 3 gig scsi. I realized that I want to keep the partitions scheme intact. I have a boot, root, and a few other partitions that I would like to keep. Is there a way to copy them over as well, I doubt there is but it doesn't hurt to ask. What would be the best partitioning scheme for me. I really only use the linux box as a fileserver for now, but I am planning on having it act as a router and a webserver in the near future. Any input would be appreciated.<br><br> <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>
Have a look at Partition Manager, that provides a menu driven way to create partitions and copy their contents around. <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href= Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>
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