Try copying before restarting Linux, via network or something. I once saw a drive failing at my face after a restart :( Good luck Oliver Doug Eubanks wrote: > First, I am not a RedHat or linux newbie. I simply have not had to do > what I am getting ready to do, and I want to see if I am going to run > into a problems... My HDA drive is failing (I can hear the occasional > click from it and I am seeing Smart errors, the transfer rate is slow > but all my data is there). I have 3 partitions on it, the /, /boot/ > and my game servers (this is also the drive the bootloader is on). > Will this proceedure work ok to replace it with the minimum of > downtime/reinstalling A> Make bootable floppy B> Start in single user > mode C> Create same partition structure on hew drive D> Move all files > from old partitions to new partitions E> Switch drives F> Boot off > floppy, mount, reinstall grub and boot manager on new drive G> Profit! > Any hangups or snags doing it this way? Thanks, Doug Eubanks > doug at simflex.com -- Oliver Schulze L. <oliver at samera.com.py>