| Peter Hucker 2005-10-07, 5:51 pm |
| On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:53:06 +0100, Shannon Lloyd <sjlloyd_NO_@_SPAM_likwid.com> wrote:
> Peter Hucker wrote:
>
> If you're worried about using a Windows application to copy a Linux
> partition (I would be), you could always try booting off a Knoppix cd
> (or any other live cd), with the original drive and the new drive
> attached, and using dd to copy the contents of each partition onto the
> new drive (which you could also partition using fdisk from within the
> live cd). Maybe have a look at partimage (www.partimage.org), as well.
The reason I ask is I have NEVER used linux. I want to copy the drive to a new one as easily as possible. It wouldn't be the windows application, it'd be the Ghost boot disk which runs in DOS.
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