From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oflmta01bw.bigpond.com ([139.134.6.21]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Bl6B-0001cd-00 for ; Wed, 05 Dec 2001 18:05:08 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.24.87]) by oflmta01bw.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GNW8F100.84I for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:11:25 +1000 Received: from CPE-203-45-229-211.qld.bigpond.net.au ([203.45.229.211]) by bwmam07.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0f 56/4138); 06 Dec 2001 09:04:38 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16Bl5b-00068L-00; Thu, 06 Dec 2001 09:04:31 +1000 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:04:30 +1000 From: Geoff Shang To: speakup Subject: Re: transfering linux system to another hard drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > You should not think in terms of transferring your linux. The linux > operating system itself should be reinstalled. Why? This is not windows. Since it's only being moved to a new drive not a new machine, I don't see any hassles. Of cource, if you're going to have multiple partitions, be aware of this (i.e. partition your drive first and mount all of them under your mountpoint when copying, etc). Geoff.