Re: [SLUG] transferring data between drives

From: Ron Youvan (ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Oct 25 2008 - 00:07:15 EDT


>> Why not range "your directories" on the source in mc, press F5 and go do
>> something for an hour or two?

> What's that? Will it partition the disk, format the partitions,
> populate them appropriately, and make the disk bootable?

   No, you install your OS first. You should only copy YOUR files
between drives, this leaves all of your installed but not used programs
behind. It is called a clean install. Takes about 30 minutes here.
(Slackware)

-- 
    Ron  KA4INM - Yesterday I was a dog.  Today I'm a dog.
                  Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh!
                  There's so little hope for advancement. -- Snoopy
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