[plug] Migrating to new HD

[Brad Campbell]

steve at rumah.iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Tony Clark wrote:
> 
> > Tar and zip the directories you want to keep then untar them onto the new
> > drive.  That will keep links etc intact where a straight copy wont.
> 
> Thanks!  I've found the howto now, too (not read yet :)
> 
> > >     I want to migrate my RH5.2 system to a new HD.  Could somebody
> > > please point me to the best HOWTO or other info to help me get the
> > > migration right first time?
> 
> [...]
> 
> > > I'd get into searching the docs but I have to go to work.  Last night I
> > > just had time to get the download of SO finished while fixing some audio
> 
> Big Trap!  Start the Star Office d/l with netscape, ISP shuts me down
> after 2 hrs, netscape still going.  Log in again, continue the download
> with NCftp -- finished.  Next day, Netscape still thinks the d/l is
> stalled.  Stop the n/s d/l.  Did you know Netscape cleans up after itself
> and deletes unfinished downloads?  I'm glad I didn't sit there watching
> while the file took 5 hours to download.  :)  The instructions for finding
> the inodes for a 60+Mb deleted file persuaded me to find the apcmag with
> SO on CD.  :-}
> 
>
Actually, I have found lftp to be great for downloads, across multiple
dialup sessions, it just keeps trying to re-connect and reget until it
finishes the file.
Thats how I downloaded the debian2.0 .iso image over a 28.8k link.
Just used diald, to pause 10 mins after a disconnect (to keep the isp
happy)
and in 3 days I had the image :p)


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