If I understand correctly, what you want to do is:
1.starting with:
I. an "old computer" with 2 HDs:
- the boot HD that has RH installed & your data
- a clean ext3 formatted 9G HD
II. a "newer computer" with RH installed on the boot HD
and plenty of space for your data
2. on the "OC", transfer data to 9G HD (maybe using cp -p)
3. install 9G HD to new computer
Sam is right, you must be careful if you are transferring system files.
It's not a big deal, but if you are not planning on doing that then
there is no reason to go into it here.
I don't see any problem, except that I may not understand what you are
planning.
I assume that you will put Linux on the computer that you are giving
away. I suggest Mandrake 9.x! Please don't say Windoze.
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
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