[CLUE-Tech] Poor man's Ghost?

[David Willson]

K.  Next Linux Fun-da-mentals is this "poor man's ghost" process.  Sound
good, y'all?

See you May 7th.

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 18:31, Joe Linux wrote:
> It would be nice if old f**ts like me could get some hands on lessons on 
> stuff like this at a future install/learning fest.
> 
> David Willson wrote:
> 
> >The programs you want are 'partimage' and 'parted', preferably run from
> >a recent Knoppix CD.  I've done what you want to do about a dozen times,
> >though only once with the resizing that I assume you will want.
> >
> >Here's da process:
> >1. Boot the reference system from KNOPPIX.
> >2. Mount a writable network resource.
> >3. Use 'partimage' to backup the source partition to the mounted
> >resource.
> >4. Boot the destination system from a Win98 EBD, a GeekDisk (TM), or
> >KNOPPIX.
> >5. Create a primary DOS partition as nearly identical to the source
> >partition as possible, a few MB bigger won't hurt, but a few MB smaller
> >might.  Pay strict attention to the Active flag!  It ~must~ be thrown,
> >or you'll get unexpected results.
> >6. Boot from KNOPPIX
> >7. Mount the network resource.
> >8. Restore the image to the new partition using 'partimage'.
> >7. Use 'parted' to expand the partition to the desired size.
> >8. Reboot from the hard-drive.
> >
> >Easiest part to screw up is the creation of the new partition.  It has
> >to be active, same or larger, and primary.
> >
> >On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 14:34, Matt Gushee wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I'm wondering if it is feasible, using some Linux distribution or 
> >>other on a floppy or two or three, to:
> >>
> >>  1. Boot up a machine and connect it to a LAN;
> >>  2. Mount a network drive; and
> >>  3. Create an image of a local partition on the network drive
> >>      i.e., something like:
> >>
> >>        $ dd if=/dev/hda of=/network/drive/hda1.img
> >>
> >>In case you're curious why, I want to copy my wife's Win98 system to 
> >>a new hard disk. The machine is a laptop, so we can't readily install 
> >>another HD alongside the existing one. And we have the product 
> >>recovery CD, but it's not bootable, and the boot floppy seems to be 
> >>in a box in her parents' barn in northern Japan.
> >>
> >>Has anyone done something like this?
> >>  
> >>-- 
> >>Matt Gushee
> >>Englewood, CO USA
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