On Tuesday 20 May 2008 07:20:17 pm Ron Johnson wrote: > In a similar vein to OP's question, I am going to buy a new boot > disk, because my hda is old enough -- and drives are cheap enough -- > that I'd rather replace it before it fails. > > So I checked out CloneZilla, but it seems to be aimed at > institutional use. Even partimage seems to need an intermediary step. > > Is there any way to directly clone /dev/hda to /dev/sdX, so that I > can then boot off of /dev/sdX? > Yes, CloneZilla is capable of doing that. The default behavior is to create a full disk image, including the MBR and partition table, so if you use the "disk-to-disk" option you'll end with a ready-to-use, bootable hard disk.
By "intermediary step" I'm guessing that you meant the compressed (gzip) disk image partimage can create -- but that's optional. There is the option to simply clone one disk onto another. Lee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
