[plug] Swapping disks to another laptop

[psteege at tpg.com.au]

I assume you meant install my "old" HD into my new laptop.
My new laptop does have a floppy, but I do not have dual disk drives, 
so I don't see how I can move the data from the "old" hard drive to 
anything else, unless I zip to hundreds of floppies.
Is there a linux equivalent to the MS program laplink ?  That program 
used serial or parallel ports to transfer data.

Phil
> psteege at tpg.com.au wrote:
>  
> > I have a 6Gb removable Fujitsu disk drive in my Gateway laptop, 
but
> > the laptop just died.  I am running RedHat 7.1.
> > I want to purchase another laptop but not lose all the data on the
> > current disk drive.
> > When I purchase the new laptop, that is compatible with this disk
> > drive, how can I bring the system back online?
> > Will the existing kernel, on the disk, reject the hardware 
because it
> > does not match what existed on the original Gateway?
> > Can I just do another RedHat install and select update, instead of
> > new install ??
> 
> I don't know that it would work in all cases but I've switched hard
> drives between machines and had no problems, it's *much* better than
> windows in this aspect.  So the first thing to do would probably be 
just
> to try it and see if it works.  If that fails then as long as you 
have
> your /home (or whichever directory holds your personal work) 
mounted on
> a different partition to the actual system reinstalling without 
losing
> this data shouldn't be a problem as long as you know what you're 
doing.
> 
> But the safest option (wrt installing) if you have a floppy drive 
would
> be to install the new HD in your laptop and boot with a rescue disk 
like
> Tom's rescue disk (http://www.toms.net/rb/) and get all your data 
onto
> another machine or storage medium.  Then after you've re-installed 
you
> can copy it all back so there's no drama if anything gets wiped 
while
> re-installing.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve 
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