[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 04:34:42PM +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > There are basically 3 possibilities > > > > 1) borrow another HD > > Hadn't thought of that ... wonder about availability ... it's a > Compaq Presario 1210.... must be about 5 years old. > > > 2) use ghost or a.n.other to copy the disk. > > Never heard of either of them .... if they're handy do you know the urls? > > > 3) - not tried myself - but use dd to copy the contents to one of your unix > > boxes. Means that you'll have to look after the partition tables yourself > > when you put it back. > > That's where I was leaning. > I was going to mount the laptop using smbmount > Then dd it's contents to a file on the Linux box > Install Linux on the laptop and do my thing. > I'm not sure how I'd get the Windows contents back on the laptop. > I'd dd it back to the root partition (guessing?) and reboot. > > Any tips, pointers, corrections appreciated
There might be one other solution if you have the original recovery disk that allows saving user files and an initial restore of the machine to its factory settings.. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
