On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 09:14:11AM -0600, Chris Schumann wrote: > I've got a laptop with a failing hard drive. I now have a replacement. Now > I have to copy the data off. Here's my plan, and I'm hoping someone will > say "Looks good to me" or "No no, you doofus, like this:" > > 1. Put new drive in the laptop to be fixed. Let's call that machine A. > Boot knoppix from CD. (Why? Because it's pretty and I can noodle around > while copying data.) > > 2. Put old drive in any old laptop, called B. Boot knoppix from CD. > > 3. Network the machines. > > 4. On A, run something like "rsh b 'cat /dev/hda' > /dev/hda". No, it > can't be that easy, can it? Do I need to use dd (even though that just > copies bytes)? Your plan sounds about right, except there are better ways to do the actual copying. Take a look at the "Ghetto Ghost" threads from long ago on this list: 1. http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/2001-May/035331.html 2. http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/2001-June/037143.html 3. http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/2001-June/037381.html -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons | _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list