Hi folks,

I have a hard drive partition on a computer
that's in its last days and I'd like to transfer it
verbatim to my Linux system for use with
Bochs. As it happens, the partition is
4300 megs in size so it should fit handily
onto a DVD-R. It is the 1st partition on
the old system's drive.

Can anyone explain what the process is
for making use of a partition in this manner?
I tend to think I will create an extended
partition of my Linux system that is the
same size. However, can I just transfer
the bytes over from partition 1 on the old
drive to say partition 5 on the new one?

Or should I scrap this idea and just
zip all the files on the old and unzip them
on the new drive?

Thanks.

Campy Happer wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I have a hard drive partition on a computer
> that's in its last days and I'd like to transfer it
> verbatim to my Linux system for use with
> Bochs. As it happens, the partition is
> 4300 megs in size so it should fit handily
> onto a DVD-R. It is the 1st partition on
> the old system's drive.
>
> Can anyone explain what the process is
> for making use of a partition in this manner?
> I tend to think I will create an extended
> partition of my Linux system that is the
> same size. However, can I just transfer
> the bytes over from partition 1 on the old
> drive to say partition 5 on the new one?
>

Rsync is your buddy

If you don't have it install it and then

man rsync for how to use

Short version follows:

After mounting the partitions

rsync -av <source> <destination>

> Or should I scrap this idea and just
> zip all the files on the old and unzip them
> on the new drive?
>
> Thanks.

--
Tayo'y mga Pinoy

Campy writes:
> I have a hard drive partition on a computer that's in its last days and
> I'd like to transfer it verbatim to my Linux system for use with
> Bochs. As it happens, the partition is 4300 megs in size so it should fit
> handily onto a DVD-R. It is the 1st partition on the old system's drive.

Partimage.
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA