[CLUE-Tech] Poor man's Ghost?

[Joe Linux]

Sounds good to me, but will we be abe to get some "hands on" experience?

David Willson wrote:

>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:
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>>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:
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>>>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:
>>> 
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>>>>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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