Boot disk

[Edward Dekkers]

Larry D Sorensen wrote:
> What are some other approaches that I could have taken that may have been
> easier?

I knew I should have explained myself better when I said that.

I cheat actually, we have a company version of ghost available to us.

It transfers to hard disk in practically one easy step and just works.

It's not free ware however, so may not suit what you want to do.

Regards,
ED.

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> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:26:23 +0800 Edward Dekkers
> <edward at tripled.iinet.net.au> writes:
> 
>>Larry D Sorensen wrote:
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>>>I have just purchased a larger hard drive to be used in my Linux 
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>>WS3
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>>>system. I have copied all of the files and directories over using 
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>>'dump'.
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>>>Once I take out the old drive and install the new drive, what else 
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>>do I
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>>>need to do to make the new drive bootable?
>>>
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>>I've never used this particular approach myself, but assuming all 
>>partitions and files are intact, then running the Fedora disk in 
>>rescue 
>>mode and re-installing grub to the MBR should do it.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Ed.
>>
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