[H-GEN] Swapping hard drives

[Frank Brand]

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Hilton Travis wrote:
> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
> [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm about to remove my 8GB EIDE drive from my Linux firewall/dialup
> box and replace it with a 650MB SCSI drive.  The scsi card is
> installed and working, and the entire install will easily fit on the
> 650MB drive.

<SNIP>

> Any and all help appreciated.  I *could* have used Partition magic
> (which I own) if it were a destination EIDE drive, I s'pose, but
> methinks this may not be possible.

I would have thought that Partition Magic might have handled this. Not that I
have tried but I would have thought that if your version of PM supports the
format it would do it. I would be interested in hearing whether there are any
problems if you try it.

There is a HOWTO on the subject of upgrading and copying over hard drives.


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Frank Brand
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