Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Bug Hunter
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Timothy Litwiller wrote: > Ok, I have gotten several suggestion from this question - I appreciate > then all. > As many programmers/users as there are, that is how many ways there are to do things. bug

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Timothy Litwiller
Ok, I have gotten several suggestion from this question - I appreciate then all. Timothy Litwiller wrote: > I have mandrake 6.0 on a server with a 2.1g drive and a 6.3g drive the > other ide cable has a cdrom and cd-rw on it. I need more disk space > badly so I want to upgrade the first hard dri

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Dan Brown
Oden Eriksson wrote: > Why not try Partitioning Magic v4.x ? AFAIK, partition magic won't copy partitions. It does a great job creating and resizing them, but I haven't found a way to copy them. -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are c

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Dan Brown
John Aldrich wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: > > I'am sure there is an open source solution. Anybody could got a simple way > > to proceed ? > > (like cat /dev/hda1 >> /dev/hdb1) > > > What about dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb1 ??? (or sda1, or > whatever...)??? That would probably

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Oden Eriksson
On 11 Aug 99, at 11:44, Gavin Grabias wrote: > > Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > larger one and restore the image to the new drive. > > > > > Another program from them called Drive Copy does a similar thing > > > > > but you have both the old and the new drive installed and

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Gavin Grabias
> Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > larger one and restore the image to the new drive. > > > > Another program from them called Drive Copy does a similar thing but you > > > > have both the old and the new drive installed and copy from the old to > > > > the > > > > new one. > > >

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Nick Kay
At 11:01 11/08/99 -0400, you wrote: >On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: >> I'am sure there is an open source solution. Anybody could got a simple way >> to proceed ? >> (like cat /dev/hda1 >> /dev/hdb1) >> >What about dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb1 ??? (or sda1, or >whatever...)??? The partions need t

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Bug Hunter
On 12 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > copy: > > > > mount /dev/hdb1 /copy > > copy -p -x / /copy > > > > i don't know any copy... but cp! > > and cp -a is better than -p for this task. argh! yes, cp!!! I've used both cp -a and cp -p sorr

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: > I'am sure there is an open source solution. Anybody could got a simple way > to proceed ? > (like cat /dev/hda1 >> /dev/hdb1) > What about dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb1 ??? (or sda1, or whatever...)??? John

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread pixel
Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > larger one and restore the image to the new drive. > > > Another program from them called Drive Copy does a similar thing but you > > > have both the old and the new drive installed and copy from the old to > > > the > > > new one. > > > > I'am sure t

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Bug Hunter
> > larger one and restore the image to the new drive. > > Another program from them called Drive Copy does a similar thing but you > > have both the old and the new drive installed and copy from the old to > > the > > new one. > > I'am sure there is an open source solution. Anybody could got a

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-11 Thread Thierry Vignaud
Timothy Litwiller wrote: > > I have mandrake 6.0 on a server with a 2.1g drive and a 6.3g drive the > other ide cable has a cdrom and cd-rw on it. I need more disk space > badly so I want to upgrade the first hard drive . > > What is the most painless way to do this? 1) partition (cfdisk/fdisk/

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-10 Thread Jacques Le Marois
Brian Erikson wrote: > > Timothy Litwiller wrote: > > > > I have mandrake 6.0 on a server with a 2.1g drive and a 6.3g drive the > > other ide cable has a cdrom and cd-rw on it. I need more disk space > > badly so I want to upgrade the first hard drive . > > > > What is the most painless way to d

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-10 Thread Brian Erikson
Timothy Litwiller wrote: > > I have mandrake 6.0 on a server with a 2.1g drive and a 6.3g drive the > other ide cable has a cdrom and cd-rw on it. I need more disk space > badly so I want to upgrade the first hard drive . > > What is the most painless way to do this? You might want to check a u

Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-10 Thread John Aldrich
- From: Timothy Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 4:22 PM Subject: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive > I have mandrake 6.0 on a server with a 2.1g drive and a 6.3g drive the > other ide cable has a cdrom and c

[expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive

1999-08-10 Thread Timothy Litwiller
I have mandrake 6.0 on a server with a 2.1g drive and a 6.3g drive the other ide cable has a cdrom and cd-rw on it. I need more disk space badly so I want to upgrade the first hard drive . What is the most painless way to do this?