[ltp] Partially killed my TP: Quick question, hopefully someone has a quick answer...

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

When I get a new machine, I do a complete recovery.  That way I know
what's involved, I'm sure I've made any floppies required, etc., and I
can do it with no fear of losing any personal data.

The recovery CD provided with my T21 warns repeatedly it will format the
entire disk, but only wipes the first partition (/dev/hda1).

When I bought the machine, I bought another identical hard disk and a
carrier to mount it in the ultrabay.  That's my backup:
dd if=/dev/hdaX of=/dev/hdcX

I intend to use dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc, but something about this
kills Window$ 2000, which is what the machine came with.  When I get rid
of W$k, I'll be set.

You need somewhere to put your Linux partitions in case the recovery
system on yours eats the entire hard disk.  What do you have for backup?

I played with VMware a while back, and I remember the idea of making a
new hardware profile in Window$ before starting a native partition so
that one could switch back and forth between the configurations.  I
don't know how practical that is with W2k and current VMware.

So, where can you backup your current GNU/Linux to?

On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 00:15, Bill Mair wrote:
>  
> Hi all you linux thinkpad people out there,
> 
> I have messed up my Win2000 partition on my TP-A22P which I
> sometimes require for business purposes (and a couple of cool
> games ;-) ). I took me ages to get my linux partition to where
> I have it now (tons of S/W, data, etc.).
> 
> I started it up with VMWare from Linux, which basically
> killed the "IBM Install", new hardware, new config, new APM
> capabilities, no ACP Modem, new computer as far as Win2000
> was concerned. Real dumm, real bummer . . . . . . .
> 
> Now my question, when I switch on the laptop, it has this IBM
> restore thingy.
> 
> Will the IBM recovery process installed on a Thinkpad A22P ... :
> 
> [ ] A. only restores the windows "C" partition (format C:) and leaves my
>        linux alone.
> 
> [ ] B. will repartion the whole disk (fdisk) thus leaving me gasping for
>        air.
> 
> [ ] C. will cause some kind of natural disaster if connected to the internet
>        during the process.
> 
> [ ] D. nobody knows because no one has ever dared to try it.
> 
> [ ] E. none of the above (please supply details below):
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> 
> 
> I really don't want to start restoring and reconfiguring my whole
> machine, so depending on what the recovery does, it will greatly
> influence how I have to deal with this mess.
> 
> Hope you all have a great weekend,
> 
>   Bill
> 
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