[TriLUG] New Thinkpad T23!
Tom Bryan
tbryan at python.net
Wed Jan 1 02:41:13 EST 2003
I just bought an IBM T23 thinkpad. It came with two primary partitions:
/dev/hda1 1 - 3744 Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 3745 - 3876 Hidden Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
Windows2000 is installed on /dev/hda1. The /dev/hda2 partition is apparently
a special "recovery" partition with the compressed files for reinstalling the
base system back on to /dev/hda1. It looks like there's about 800MB of data
in /dev/hda2.
I need to keep the Windows partition. I have some Windows software that
should be able to shrink /dev/hda1 so that I can put an extended partition
between /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2. That's where I plan to install Linux.
Now, before I do that, I'd like to grab a copy of the partition table and the
data from /dev/hda2. That way, if I *really* screw things up, I could put
the old partition table back in place, format the partitions, restore
/dev/hda2, and enter recovery mode to restore the base Windows200
installation.
I was thinking that I could somehow use dd (from knoppix or tomsrtbt) and
stream the partition table and the /dev/hda2 data over my network to my
workstation which has plenty of disk space. Does that sound sane? Is there
an easier way?
---Tom
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