On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Dale Snell <ddsn...@frontier.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:33:37 -0700, in message > CAArUT0h_tuKhpq653m=3loyjdomwwcpqjoctgyqmexehgrf...@mail.gmail.com, > Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > With regard to the ancient system, how might I clone the HD so that > > in case the HD fails we will still have a functional system? We do > > not have the installation disks for the SW that is part of the > > system (win 3.1, IDL 3.6.1, and custom C code). > > First off, you're going to have fun (for certain values of "fun") > finding a replacement drive. It'll have to be an IDE drive, > probably about 1 Gig maximum capacity. At least, that's what my > old Windows 3.1 Compaq Presario had. Once you find a drive, > you'll need to test it thoroughly, preferably on your Linux box, > using the read/write bad blocks scan. Once that's done, use the > dd command to do a bit-for-bit copy from the original drive to the > new one. It'll look something like this: > > dd if=/dev/old_drive of=/dev/new_drive bs=<size_of_old_drive_in_bytes> > > Read the dd(1) man page CAREFULLY. Double and triple check your > command line -- you don't want to swap the if= and of= entries!... > --Dale > I have a drive. It has not been tested. Will I have to move both drives to a linux system to perform the dd, or is there a live floppy (no CD on the win 3.1 machine)? Thanks for the advice. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug