-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/20/08 22:06, Lee Glidewell wrote: > 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.
Thanks. I must have missed that... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA ESPN makes baseball players better. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIM5llS9HxQb37XmcRAsTeAKCpJrBkAwgYYZIpm7EW8eMm3RUYGACfXMps Jx718AJ9rUSSnk2J3G+8MSY= =t/vJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
