John,

A file to file transfer won't work if you want to cloan a drive so that it 
will boot will it?  Don't you need to image the drive which is different 
than a simple file copy.

73's

Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: copying a linux hard drive


> If you want to do it with a windows PC, a copy and paste of all files 
> should
> do It, that's how I've done it in the past doing transfers like that.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:14 AM
> Subject: Re: copying a linux hard drive
>
>
>> Yes, but what to use to copy?  That is what program?
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 20 Dec 2011,
>> John Miller wrote:
>>
>>> a couple external enclosures will do it, copy from one drive to the
>>> other,
>>> copy from the drive that's in there, to another computer, then put the
>>> new
>>> drive in the enclosure, copy it all to that and stick it in the 
>>> computer,
>>> that's a good way too and I don that all the time. Some get good money
>>> for
>>> doing just that.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 11:36 PM
>>> Subject: copying a linux hard drive
>>>
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to clone or copy my hard drive
>>>> on
>>>> my irlp computer.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 73
>>>> Butch
>>>> WA0VJR
>>>> Node 3148
>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>
>>>