[PLUG] fstab entry

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Dale Snell <ddsnell at frontier.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:33:37 -0700, in message
> CAArUT0h_tuKhpq653m=3LoYjDOMwwCpqjOCtgYQmeXEHGrFPWw at mail.gmail.com,
> Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>
> > With regard to the ancient system, how might I clone the HD so that
> > in case the HD fails we will still have a functional system?  We do
> > not  have the installation disks for the SW that is part of the
> > system (win 3.1, IDL 3.6.1, and custom C code).
>
> First off, you're going to have fun (for certain values of "fun")
> finding a replacement drive.  It'll have to be an IDE drive,
> probably about 1 Gig maximum capacity.  At least, that's what my
> old Windows 3.1 Compaq Presario had.  Once you find a drive,
> you'll need to test it thoroughly, preferably on your Linux box,
> using the read/write bad blocks scan.  Once that's done, use the
> dd command to do a bit-for-bit copy from the original drive to the
> new one.  It'll look something like this:
>
> dd if=/dev/old_drive of=/dev/new_drive bs=<size_of_old_drive_in_bytes>
>
> Read the dd(1) man page CAREFULLY.  Double and triple check your
> command line -- you don't want to swap the if= and of= entries!...
> --Dale
>

I have a drive.  It has not been tested.  Will I  have to move both drives
to a linux system to perform the dd, or is there a live floppy (no CD on
the win 3.1 machine)?

Thanks for the advice.

-Denis