Where do I start.... If it's a data drive you should be able to plug it in turn it on and mount it, if it's just data or packages or stuff that's portable. If you want to move a bootable/system drive to another machine and use it as a bootable/system drive you _may_ have a problem if any of the hardware is different. Even M$ OS's have issues when moved from one machine to another. I've done this with M$ OS's with mixed results, some even ran solid for 6 months before burning up like space junk entering the atmosphere. Just my 2 bits. Sam. PHPTOm wrote: >Hey all, > >I have to wipe redhat off an old computer... we're giving it to a friend for >christmas. > >I recently installed a 9 gig hard drive in it and formatted it as ext3. I >am going to put redhat on a slightly newer computer I just got. Can I just >back up all my stuff onto that 9 gig hd and plug it into my new redhat box >once it's set up? I assume I can but I don't know a ton about hardware. I >just want to be somewhat sure that I can drop everything onto the 9 gig and >be able to just mount it later. > >TOm > > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list