Re: [Sheflug] aargh, disk crash

[matt fairtlough <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barrie Bremner wrote:

> Try rsync an job - it can be run from one disk to another, not just across 
> hosts.
> 
thanks for the tip.

> Dunno about the block size - just stick to defaults, I'm not doing anything so 
> fancy that I have to tweak it that much.
> 
> Yes - fitting a harddrive is a 5 minute jon at the most. Check the jumper 
> settings, plug the interface cable in and stick in the power cable.
> You might need to mess about in BIOS to get it to recognise the new drive - 
> it's also fairly easy.
> 
> After that, fdisk, mkreiserfs/mk22fs and mount the drive.

Ah, I didn't know about mkreiserfs, that's very useful too.  Now to find 
a shop with a decent hard disk actually in stock...

thanks again, Baz.

Matt.

> 


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