hummm... just tar / untar the partitions?!!
- boot from a cd; - tar the parttions; - create / edit parttions; - untar the stuff to the partition i want; - install bootloader. think I'm not forgetting nothing. - and that's it?!! > > I want to clear all partitions of my HDD and then put the data of the > > partitions that I have now in those new partitions. I'm wondering if it > > is possible. > > > > basically I want to redefine my HDD partitions without re-installing all > > the stuff that I have. > > > > if i do "dd if=/dev/hda2 of=hda2.iso" and the try to restore that iso in > > one partition it replaces with an exact copy of the original partition. > > Can I do a backup of the data only and not the partition info?? > You could use tar. tar up the dir(s) then move the tar file to a > different partition. Resize that partition and then untar the files into > that partition. > > There maybe some 'special' things you will need to do if you do this to > /. Try a google for 'restore from tar'. > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
