Hi Cheryl, Transferring a Linux system is in my experience as simple as copying the contents. 1. Boot up with a boot disk 2. Mount the source partitions of your failing drive under /src/ (ie /src/var, /src/usr, ... if you have split up your Linux tree in partitions) and the destination partitions on the new drive under /dst. 3. Copy the contents of each partition individually. Eg, if you have a seperate /usr partition do: cp -xa /src/usr /dst -x stays on the filesystem, ie it does not cross partition boundaries -a works recursive, keeps symlinks and time information 4. Adjust partition data on your destination filesystems if necessary. Only /dst/etc/fstab comes to mind, but should not be applicable in your case. 5. Reboot with the new hard disk. That should be it. I've done it a couple of times and didn't run into any trouble, although the above list is off the top of my head. Good luck! Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
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