[CLUE-Tech] Poor man's Ghost?

[Joe Linux]

Great!  I should be back in Denver by May 1.  Unfortunately I broke my 
wrist ice skating about one week ago.  I got an Indy  Car Driver repair 
with a surgical procedure that screwed the bones back together.  I don't 
have a cast.  Just a removable wrist brace.  Still limited in strength 
and movement though.  It's hard to rotate the bad wrist into a typing 
position.

David Willson wrote:

>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:
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>>Sounds good to me, but will we be abe to get some "hands on" experience?
>>
>>David Willson wrote:
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>>>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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