From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16BOPA-0006Ks-00 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2001 17:51:12 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id fB4Mugb05304 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 16:56:42 -0600 Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 16:56:42 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: transfering linux system to another hard drive Message-ID: <20011204165642.A5300@uic.edu> References: <20011204145711.B5143@uic.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from chomiak@chartermi.net on Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 10:17:43AM -0600 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 1. I don't know what you mean when you ask if the partition will be initialized. 2. It depends on what you want to mount. If the root partition is the entire drive, then mount the entire drive. If your root partition takes up a part of the drive, mount your root partition. 3. Using loadlin is simple. Get a blank DOS floppy, and put system files onto it. >>From a DOS prompt, this can be done with the sys command, or you can select thhis option from the windows format disk menu in my computer. Next, get a copy of loadlin.exe, and put it on the disk. Then create autoexec.bat similar to the below lines depending on your configuration. autoexec.bat @echo off loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 speakup_synth=xxx speakup_ser=y ro end autoexec.bat Of course, adjust the above for your needs. Hth. Greg On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 10:17:43AM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Format your new drive, and create the ext2 or whatever Linux fs you want. > > > Does creating the file system happen when I initialize athe partitions or > is this a separate step that I need to do? Since I am probably going to > use the rescue disk for debian potato r2 (speakup enabled) I think this > means > the system will be ext2 though I would eventually like to go to ext3. > > Next, mount your new drive to /mnt > or whatever mount point you want. > > Am I trying to mount the whole drive or just the root partition? Since > this hard drive is a lot larger than my old one, I was considering putting > some directorie on other partitions. Does this just mean I mount the > appropriate partition to transfer those directories? With a 20-gig hard > drive, I'll have a really big partition if I put the whole system (minus > boot and swap and a dos partition) on one partition. > > Then, prepare a loadlin disk to > > boot your new drive. > > Where should I look for information about doing a loadlin disk? The only > way I've ever used loadlin before is on a dos drive to boot into linux. > > Thanks. > > > Cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup