From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from asmodean.asmotec.com ([168.103.204.168]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Fp9qG-0000LA-00 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:13:56 -0400 Received: by asmodean.asmotec.com (vPostMaster, from userid 500) id 9EA9E90668; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:14:25 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:14:25 -0600 From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: Speakup Mailing-list Subject: crashing hard drive Message-ID: <20060610201425.GA7137@asmodean.asmotec.com> Mail-Followup-To: Speakup Mailing-list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Organization: Asmodean X-Operating-System: asmodean i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:13:56 -0000 Hi gang. Currently I'm running FC3 on a machine which has 2 hard drives. Both are 40gb. the first hd is the root /usr/local and /var partitions while the second one is all 40gb of /home. It appears that the hard drive is about to crash because I'm starting to get unreadable hda errors some give a sector it cannot read others say unknown errors. In any case the system is not acting right and the hdd is kind of old. So now to my question. If I get another 40gb hdd which I do have one of. Can I simply transfer the stuff from the one to the other either by using tar saving all permissions? Or should I reinstall the os on the new hdd and just redo all my settings. Right now the mail system I use is vpostmaster which is a combo of postgres for the mail, spam, user accounts, passwords, etc and it puts all it's maildir mail in /var/spool/vpostmaster. If I reinstall the whole os I can easily save that directory not losing mail but I'd have to recreate the accounts after reinstalling vpostmaster. I'm fine in doing this because if I needed to I could use another os or a new Fedora. But in case I do stick with FC3 will simply transferring all the hard drive stuff work? Thanks. -- Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. Raul A. Gallegos ... IliwSsmc