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APHRODITE007
05-15-2001, 06:20 AM
Hi
I need to ghost an already existing linux hard drive to a hardrive which is 1.2gigs bigger
what is the easiest way to ghost it and out it into a new machine
any help will be appreciated

thanks
:confused:

bdg1983
05-15-2001, 06:56 AM
Drive Image, Ghost, or freeware apps.

And then there's 'dd'

dd if=/dev/hda# of=/dev/hda#

Not sure what other parameters are required for dd. 'man dd' should tell you more.