[5765] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Backup/Restore of DOS/Win95 partition under Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Skull)
Sat Nov 23 15:10:02 1996
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 15:06:45 -0500
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From: Skull <skull@yakko.cs.wmich.edu>
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>I want to replace a 1 gb disk with a new 2.5 gb disk on my system.
>I would like to move my DOS/Win95 partition to another disk (larger)
>on my system. Can I just tar up the /dosd partition and then do a
>restore on the new disk. Will the long names, etc. be O.K.? Is
>there anything else I need to do?
no... everything will break... win95 does NOT like to be moved...
you'll have to reinstall win95 on the new partition or find a utility
that will copy it.. I've heard that such a program exists but have
never seen it.
Darron
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