[HLUG] HD problem

[Graham Cole]

Thanks Julian...I have seen in Ubuntu the package backuppc which looks
very useful though needs some studying to understand it. However I want
to boot safely from the new hard disk then get access to the old one,
whatever package I use for backing up data files. So how can I get
access to the second master disk? Should I do a different cable
connection to get it as slave to the primary master disk?
What I have done is arrange the jumpers of the disks as master and
slave, then they are connected to the motherboard by 2 connectors on the
same flat cable. My BIOS, and in Ubuntu the device manager, both see two
master disks! Booting goes from the first disk but then the second
master is not seen and can't be accessed. I suppose it would be
accessible if it were the slave. 
This is new ground for me and I need a map. 
  Thanks for any help you can offer...

Graham

On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 16:51 +0100, Julian Robbins wrote:
> Julian Robbins wrote:
> > Graham Cole wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 12:22 +0100, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> >>  
> >>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:11:34 +0100, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>>    
> >>>> thanks Andrew for the several ideas below. In the first place the
> >>>> warning was given during the boot process and said:
> >>>> SMART failure predicted on Primary Master:
> >>>> Warning:Immediately back-up your data and replace your hard disk 
> >>>> drive.
> >>>> A failure may be imminent.
> > This may be a bit of a useless idea but if you just want to copy 
> > everything including the OS to a new working HDD, Acronis Image is 
> > excellent and very easy to use.
> >
> > It takes you thru all the details with a GUI. (you just boot from CD).
> >
> > But you do have to pay for it - around £30 .
> >
> > I have a copy if you want to wait till the LUG meeting.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Julian
> And of course I should have mentioned there's some Open source 
> alternatives such as G4U, partimage which work great but are more 
> difficult to use.
> 
> Julian
> 
> 
> 
> 
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