On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 01:49:44AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 08:11:39PM -0600, Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
> | is it safe to take a harddrive, with data on it, out of one system and
> | put it in another?
>
> Just ensure that
> 1) the other machine's hardware can handle the disk (naturally :-))
> 2) the kernel of the other box supports the filesystem you used
> on the disk (also quite natural :-))
> 3) either the UIDs match, or else you are prepared to deal with
> wacky file ownerships
2a) The partition table on the disk is supported by the kernel on
the other box (e.g. you move a disk from a sparc to hppa).
Probably not a big issue for most people :-)
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Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:nnorman@incanus.net
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them WHAT to do and
they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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