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disk clone

wilkav — Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:49 pm

Author: wilkav

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:49 pm

Thanks, Davecs, downloaded g4l and will mess about with it for a while. My AMR modem works beautifully at the moment, but refused to work at all on a previous installation. Decisions, decisions! Thanks, people.

RE: Disk clone

davecs — Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:04 pm

Author: davecs

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:04 pm

If you've got access to a live distro, it probably has a program on it called Partition Image. The thing being that you cannot back up the running distro because the file system will be mounted.

The other problem is that you need some disk space to clone the system to! This could also be a problem.

Why not add your new hard drive and keep your old one. Then Re-install SuSE on your new drive, and mount your old one at "home". Finally, as root, you can move all the data in your new "home" folder up a level and delete all the other stuff from your old drive.

RE: Disk clone

wilkav — Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:05 pm

Author: wilkav

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:05 pm

Too lazy to log in, the "Guest" was I!

RE: Disk clone

Anonymous — Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:02 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:02 pm

Thanks, Flea, glad you hopped on board. Will download it tomorrow on a friend's b/b connection. Regards.

RE: Disk clone

Flea — Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:13 am

Author: Flea

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:13 am

hmm, http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/ might be a good place to start looking. Its a 'Norton Ghost' clone for Linux systems.

Disk clone

wilkav — Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:16 pm

Author: wilkav

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:16 pm

Hi, I am using SUSE 9.2 now full time with one minor problem-my hard drive is too small. I have a new, larger drive and would like to clone my present drive. It must also be bootable (obviously) so any help appreciated. Thanks.
wilkav