[wellylug] hdd transfer

[Phillip Rose]

You could refer to a previous thread on this list: 
looking for a lazy cd-backup solution

I haven't used Norton Ghost, but I'm thinking you shouldn't use a M$
solution for Linux partitions, even if they say it should work. You could
certainly try it, since you'll still have your original drive intact.
I suggest looking at Make CD-ROM Recovery (mkCDrec):
http://mkcdrec.ota.be/
and a simlar program, Mondo Rescue:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/mondorescue/?topic_id=137
Also these links:
http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO.html
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4175

Since you currently have win98 and RH7.1, you may want to consider just
copying your document directories to a CDROM and upgrading both OSs in the
process. Good luck.

--Phillip Rose

At 11:30 05/09/03 +1200, Jeremy Z Butler wrote:
>Hi there,
>I'm looking at changing hard drives in my laptop. i.e. shifting from a 6GB
to a
>20GB drive. I've currently got a dual boot win98 and RH7.1 setup. I gather
from
>various websites etc. that Norton Ghost is the way to go. Am I right in
>understanding that the programme will copy all my partitions and both
operating
>systems from the old to the new HDD and maintain the same partition 
>proportions?
>If so thats damn cool. Interested in getting some feedback about this. Is it a
>good way to go or can it cause problems? And with a laptop what is the actual
>basic physical procedure? i.e. I assume theres only space for one hard
drive at
>a time?? hmmm.
>Thanks in advance.
>J