[CLUE-Tech] Migrating old data to new installed system involving CDRW/2nd HD

[Joe Linux]

I think the second HD should be either ext2 or even just plain DOS 
depending on the (within family) security you need. The problem with 
using other files systems is that some of the various distributions 
don't have them.  For example I used XFS for my home partition, but only 
Mandrake seems to support it presently.

Kevin Cullis wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I've got the new SuSe 8.1 (currently running 7.2) and I'll be getting a
>new CDRW soon.  I have two HDs and the second one is just a backup of
>the first HD and contains MP3s. I'd like to not touch the second HD
>during a new install of 8.1, but am unsure this is the way to go.  So,
>this is what I think I should do:
>
>1.  Get the CDRW (mentioned in an different post) and install on old
>system and burn the backup data (I don't care about the apps and config
>files) on a blank CD.
>2.  Do a complete new install of 8.1.
>3.  Put backup data on second HD after complete new install.
>
>This brings up a number of questions that I'd like some help to answer:
>
>1. If I were doing a new install with 2 HDs, would it matter which FS I 
>should use: ext3, JFS, XFS, or any other? I plan on making the 2nd HD
>not only the backup, but also a temp backup for my wife's files (via a
>simple network on a Win98 laptop) and burn them on the CD.
>2. I know on 8.1 I can "Do Not Format" the second HD during a new
>install to retain my data, but will it or what will I encounter from a
>performance perspective if only 1 drive is affected and not 2?  Wiil it
>affect the FS performance?
>3. Should I just do a "Do Not Format" to the new install of 8.1 since
>little, if any, performance hit will be taken?
>
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
>Kevin
>
>P.S. Does anyone have problems running Star Office 5.2 on any newer
>distros?
>
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