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On Thursday 03 Mar 2005 06:24, Hugh Dixon wrote:
Just for clarification, when you say make back ups, the only files are
the lilo.conf and fstab.
Is this correct? (Having done this sort of thing on windows I was
expecting it to be much harder...)
On Thursday 03 March 2005 09:26 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
For those I make a copy called smb.conf.orig before I do
anything with them, but use the '.bak' method after that, so that I
can always re-read the comments of the original file.
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~ maybe, it is handy to note
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 07:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 12:13, Hugh Dixon wrote:
Hugh - before going on to your query - when quoting, please always remove
the signature if it has a line '-- ' because most mail readers take
anything below that to be signature and
Thanks for that Anne.
My experience of windows is going through the registry and ini files changing
c: to d:.
It makes sense that with the linux file structure fstab would be all that is
required (plus the boot loader, which I think of as being 'linux support'
rather than linux proper.)
Hugh
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:59:54 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson
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Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging
the power is enough.
Just unplugging the power can cause interesting problems sometimes. It
all depends on what the drive's electronics do with
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On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 11:00, Paul Smith wrote:
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:59:54 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson
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Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging
the power is enough.
Just unplugging the
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On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 11:00, Paul Smith
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On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 12:13, Hugh Dixon wrote:
Hugh - before going on to your query - when quoting, please always remove the
signature if it has a line '-- ' because most mail readers take anything
below that to be signature and remove it when
Anne Wilson wrote:
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On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 12:13, Hugh Dixon wrote:
Hugh - before going on to your query - when quoting, please always remove the
signature if it has a line '-- ' because most mail readers take anything
below that to be signature and
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On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 16:00, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Method 2 - Hit F2, then type rescue at the prompt.
I would use Method 2.
So would I
I would also leave boot=/dev/hda alone. This
will install the boot loader to the new Master drive.
Anne Wilson wrote:
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On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 16:00, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Method 2 - Hit F2, then type rescue at the prompt.
I would use Method 2.
So would I
I would also leave boot=/dev/hda alone. This
will install the boot loader to
On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 16:00, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
One thing to keep in mind, without some extra changes in your lilo.conf,
Windows will not boot from the second hard drive!
Thanks for clarifying, Mikkel. I just couldn't remember clearly enough.
I
hadn't remembered, though, that
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
The only reasion I remember is because I had to go through it not too
long ago. I also learned that with udev, it gets interesting moving a
working system to a new drive. udev mounts over the /dev directory, so
you can not access the entries under it. Without the
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On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 12:13, Hugh Dixon
Method 2 - Hit F2, then type rescue at the prompt.
I would use Method 2. I would also leave boot=/dev/hda alone. This
will install the boot loader to the new Master drive. You will need
this, unless your BIOS will let you boot from IDE1. But
change all the
root= statments to use
Eric Huff wrote:
Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer.
Could someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I
still have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the information
on my old disk?
I used this:
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:20:08 +0200, Duncan Anderson
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I have done this many times, and I would say that the safest method of
all is to disable/disconnect the old drive
Thanks, Duncan and Eric. How can I disable/disconnect the old drive?
Have I to unplug it?
Paul
Thanks, Duncan and Eric. How can I disable/disconnect the old
drive? Have I to unplug it?
Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging
the power is enough.
eric
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Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
Eric Huff wrote:
Thanks, Duncan and Eric. How can I disable/disconnect the old
drive? Have I to unplug it?
Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging
the power is enough.
eric
Just unplugging the power can cause interesting problems sometimes. It
all depends on
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On Monday 28 Feb 2005 19:32, Paul Smith wrote:
Dear All
I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer. Could
someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I still
have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the
On Monday 28 February 2005 07:32 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
to make it my master disk
_
a Jumper Settings diagram will be on the side of the disk.
Cable Select is probably OK provided your other disk is set the same.
best rgds
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On Monday 28 Feb 2005 20:57, riccardo wrote:
On Monday 28 February 2005 07:32 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
to make it my master disk
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a Jumper Settings diagram will be on the side of the disk.
Cable Select is probably OK provided
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:06:11 +, Anne Wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer. Could
someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I still
have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the information on my old
disk?
Had
On Monday 28 February 2005 09:30 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
would like to have the smaller disk with MS Windows and the
second (bigger) disk with Mandrake.
~ a couple of remarks :
MS Windows may need to be in front end of disk
MS Partition/format may not respect other folks
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:54:03 +, riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
would like to have the smaller disk with MS Windows and the
second (bigger) disk with Mandrake.
~ a couple of remarks :
MS Windows may need to be in front end of disk
MS Partition/format may
Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer.
Could someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I
still have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the information
on my old disk?
I used this:
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