On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 17:28:28 -0800 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote: > > >On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:48:16 -0800 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Mike Reinehr wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Rather than purchase commercial software, why not just use tar, cp, dd, or > >>>partimage? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Partimage will back up to a file, and restore a partition. Don't know > >>about 'fat' partition support. I assume it's in there. > >> > >>http://www.sysresccd.org/systools.en.php > >>looks like a nice set of tools that might help. > >> > >> > >> > > > >Thanks, partimage is the answer! > > > >I was able to run partimage to save the win98 partition, swap out the drive, > >reboot and fdisk, then restore the image to the new drive. win98 comes up > >just fine. > > > >Unfortunately, after all is said and done, I only gained 2 gig! My spare > >drive wasn't as large as I remembered <groan>. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be > >doing this again when I have some spare change for a new drive. > > > >Thanks for the help. > > > > > > > > With Partimage you might need to resize the filesystem to get the full > usage. I seem to remember that if the partition you are restoring to is > bigger than the original, you will just use the needed amount. Not sure > about that.... > Yeah. Next time I do this I need to defrag the disk, then use parted to shrink it, since I have a fair amount of unused space that I won't ever use in the win98 partition. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
