Re: [opensuse] How can I make a ghost image for SUSE Linux



Otto Rodusek (AP-SGP) wrote:
Kalvin Weng wrote:
Dear All

If someone knows that which software can be used to make a ghost image for
the SUSE Linux ..

That will make me more easier to install the OS ..

I had tried to use the Symantec Ghost to make a disk to disk image,but when
I restored the image ,the system could not be started :(

If you have some experience about this ?

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Kalvin Weng
AT&S (China) Co.,Ltd
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Email: k.weng@xxxxxxxxxx


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Hi Kalvin,

Use dd - boot with a live DVD. If for example you have an external usb drive and an internal ata drive then use:

dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda bs=8257536

(this will clone an entire drive - after a lot of sampling found that bs 8 mb factor was optimal - you can also set hdparm on /dev/hda fo c1,d1 and u1)

you can also back only those partitions you want - similar as above -

dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/sda1 bs=8257536

Rgds. Otto Rodusek.
How would I clone a system, but only the files / inodes, if I want to use it on a different HDD? Let's say I have setup a 80GB HDD, with 3 partitions /, /home & /opt and I want to clone it for later use, but in 2 years time I may want to use a 250GB HDD, so the partitioning could be different then.

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Rudi Ahlers
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