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John-Paul Stewart Here's what mine says: LABEL= ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=-boot boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none dev-pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none dev-shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none proc proc defaults 0 0 none sys sysfs defaults 0 0dev-hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0dev-cdrom mnt-cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0dev-fd0 mnt-floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0dev-hdc1 hdc1 ext3 defaults 2 1

Would it be less...risky to change the labels on the old box, shut it down and move the drives as the 2nd and 3rd drives in the new box, then install FC4 on the new box and let it see and install the old drives and give the labels it wants to the new 1st drive (hda0)?

Or install FC4 on the new box, change IT'S labels, then move the old drives over and add them to FSTAB?

Will this HD swapping work OK What to beware of 4965
A friend of mine works for a large government agency responsable for the wellfare of people in this county. Their...

I hate asking such probably simple questions, but I SO don't want to risk any data...as there's many gigs of it and it's not backed up. (Yeah I know! One of the reasons I'm moving the drives to a new box is so I can eventually put in a DVD burner or DAT drive or some other means of back up.)

Thanks for the feedback! Liam



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