[CLUE-Tech] Poor man's Ghost?

[David Willson]

Yes, absolutely.  "Hands On" is what LFdm is all about!

And that's the last LFdm question I'll answer on CLUE-tech.  Switch to
CLUE-talk at clue.denver.co.us or LinuxFun at TheGeek.NU for any further Q's.

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 19:15, Joe Linux wrote:
> 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:
> >  
> >
> >>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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