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On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 15:38 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> > The easiest method to transfer would be to install new drive as |
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> master |
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> > change the existing one old one as slave. |
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> > Boot from Knoppix CD and do: |
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> > # dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hda |
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> > Reboot the computer and that should do it I think. Did I miss |
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> anything? |
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> No, don't do it this way, as you won't be able to use any extra space. |
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> Windows 98 uses FAT32, which is very well supported under linux. |
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Utilizing extra space shouldn't be that hard, by partitioning new HD |
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disk portion as new drive. |
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> I would do it like this: |
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> 1. Install windows on new HD. |
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> 2. Install old HD (after you've installed windows) |
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> 3. boot to knoppix (or similar) |
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> 4. mount new and old HD |
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> 5. cp -a /mnt/old/whatever /mnt/new |
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I'll give it a shot as you suggest it, thanks. |
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My idea would be to install Dental program on Linux and post it on the |
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net the procedure; I'm sure more than few Dentists would take an |
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advantage of it and free them from Windows "oppression" :-/ |
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#Joseph |
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