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Step 0. connect hard drive to desktop system.
== Connect hard drive to desktop system ==


In my case, the system is [[8track]].
In my case, the system is [[8track]].
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when I got it.
when I got it.


Step 1 prepare hard drive.
== Set up virtual machine ==
 
I create a VMware workstation virtual machine using the hard drive on /dev/hda
and the cdrom connected to an ISO rescue image called "System Rescue CD".
 
== Boot from the System Rescue CD ==
 
Use evmns to partition the hard drive and create filesystems.
Create two volumes, the first is swap (500MB) the second is /root (3GB).
 
Putting swap first means that the second partition can easily be expanded to fill all available space. Make a reiser filesystem on /dev/evms/root and a swap filesystem on /dev/evms/swap.

Revision as of 14:40, 24 July 2007

Connect hard drive to desktop system

In my case, the system is 8track. I use a ribbon cable and a 44pin laptop to 40 pin desktop IDE adapter. The drive is one of the 30 GB Toshiba 2.5" 4200rpm drives that came in the system when I got it.

Set up virtual machine

I create a VMware workstation virtual machine using the hard drive on /dev/hda and the cdrom connected to an ISO rescue image called "System Rescue CD".

Boot from the System Rescue CD

Use evmns to partition the hard drive and create filesystems. Create two volumes, the first is swap (500MB) the second is /root (3GB).

Putting swap first means that the second partition can easily be expanded to fill all available space. Make a reiser filesystem on /dev/evms/root and a swap filesystem on /dev/evms/swap.