From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14BFD3FA99 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:43:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fB50hPp01421 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:43:26 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fB50hPq13242 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:43:25 -0500 Received: from mail2.netacc.net (mail2.netacc.net [208.34.108.27]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fB50hPw13238 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:43:25 -0500 Received: from bharding (algoma-host5.doorpi.net [12.37.10.10]) by mail2.netacc.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fB50hNv97508 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:43:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20011204184709.008a7d20@mail.doorpi.net> X-Sender: bharding@mail.doorpi.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 18:47:09 -0600 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Brent Harding Subject: Re: transfering linux system to another hard drive In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I'd say to transfer because then the system complains of files not present if you try selective restoring. I've never got a successful full backup of windows, although with that OS, there's tons of specifics done that transferring won't fix. At 04:19 PM 12/4/01 -0500, you wrote: >Yes, all the hardware except the drive is the same. But, that's just the >point. Am I wrong about this? Aren't their drive specific params to an >install? > >Second, is installation really that hard? Seems it should be cleaner to >simply install then move the data, including appropriate /etc >configurations, back over. Certainly seems more secure and less >experimental to me. > >But, I've been wrong before. > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Tommy Moore wrote: > >> Hi thre. >> Why shouldn't someone back up the system like what she wants to do if >> dropping it on to a different drive. >> She is after all going to use the same machine and even if she wasn't in a >> lot of cases it would still work. >> Would save her a lot of work in the process. >> All she's doing is getting a larger drive from what I understand. >> >> Tommy >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > >-- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > >Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > >Chair, Accessibility SIG >Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >http://www.openebook.org > >Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, >Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > >Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther >King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at >http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > >Learn how to make accessible software at >http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > >_______________________________________________ >Blinux-list mailing list >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >