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> > All of the laptop's data has now been moved to the desktop system over |
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> > the network. I still don't see how I can move the data back to the |
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> > laptop after reformatting it. Is buying the laptop hard drive adapter |
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> > the only way? |
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> Please try not to top post in this ML. |
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Sorry about that. In another stroke of bad luck my desktop's mouse |
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stopped working at the same time my hard drive started acting up so |
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I've been tabbing around firefox and using Gmail's "Quick Reply" which |
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(predictably) top-posts. The mouse is working again now. |
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> Boot your laptop using a Linux LiveCD. Mount your hard drive (e.g. |
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> mount /dev/hda /mnt/hda. Start sshd. Go to your desktop and run something |
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> like: |
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> cat archive_file.bz2 | ssh -c blowfish user@laptop_ip_address "cd /mnt/hda ; |
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> tar -xjpvf archive_file.bz2" |
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I guess my problem is getting the laptop back on the wireless-only |
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network with a madwifi card when the LiveCD doesn't have a net.ath0 |
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interface. |
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I did just try chrooting into my laptop's /dev/hda3 copy on my desktop |
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system with: |
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chroot /home/grant/hda3 /bin/bash |
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and the vi command always seg faults. Does that mean the /dev/hda3 |
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image is done-for and I should just start the laptop over from scratch |
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and import my /etc/ and /home/ directories when it's re-installed? |
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- Grant |
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