Suse 9.2 question

Dr_s99 · 05-01-05, 04:18 PM

hello,
well i have Suse 9.2 right now installed on a 30GB harddrive!
i have also found a 8GB hard drive.. ( well not really found its from an old computer)
i was wondering is there any way i could move suse on the 8.0 GB hard drive without changing my settings and make my 30Gb harddrve my storage harddrive?

whig · 05-02-05, 12:10 AM

I'm not 100% clear what you want to do, but anyway it should be possible with a knoppix live cd - or a suse live cd for that matter. Install both drives, master/slave properly configured, and boot the live cd. Mount the source partitions and make any new partitions (with fdisk), mount them and copy the files over with the -a switch to cp. Edit /etc/fstab as appropriate. Now boot a grub floppy disk*, specify your kernel and parameters and boot that. Suse ought to now come up. Run Suse's lilo or grub to make your hard disk bootable again.

These instructions are a bit sparse... read up on all of the above procedures before your attempt.

* http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html

05-01-05, 04:18 PM	#1
Dr_s99 geForce 4 Ti 4600 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 339	Suse 9.2 question hello, well i have Suse 9.2 right now installed on a 30GB harddrive! i have also found a 8GB hard drive.. ( well not really found its from an old computer) i was wondering is there any way i could move suse on the 8.0 GB hard drive without changing my settings and make my 30Gb harddrve my storage harddrive? __________________ System info(s): ----- Gaming/Work System : ASUS G1 RAM: 2.0Gb Hard drive: 160 Gb VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA 7700Go 512Mb OS: Windows Vista Home Pre. ---------------------------- Server/Work system: CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ RAM: 1.0Gb Hard drive: 30 IDE,120 IDE VIDEO CARD: Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti 4600 OS: OpenSuse 10.2, Windows 2003

05-02-05, 12:10 AM	#2
whig 550Ti Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 854	Re: Suse 9.2 question I'm not 100% clear what you want to do, but anyway it should be possible with a knoppix live cd - or a suse live cd for that matter. Install both drives, master/slave properly configured, and boot the live cd. Mount the source partitions and make any new partitions (with fdisk), mount them and copy the files over with the -a switch to cp. Edit /etc/fstab as appropriate. Now boot a grub floppy disk, specify your kernel and parameters and boot that. Suse ought to now come up. Run Suse's lilo or grub to make your hard disk bootable again. These instructions are a bit sparse... read up on all of the above procedures before your attempt. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html

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