On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 23:14 +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 09:49:08PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 14:18 -0400, David Clymer wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Robert Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > I was wondering how I could make a clone or image of my computer hard > > > > disk > > > > that contains debian OS. I want to do this in order to make an exact > > > > copy to > > > > another clean pc with no os at all. What complete free software can I > > > > use > > > > for this ? Is there a manual some where on the net about this ? > > > > > > I highly recommend Clonezilla-live. it makes cloning to/from any sort > > > of storage very simple. You can clone to an attached usb drive, to a > > > network drive via nfs, samba, or ssh. (http://www.clonezilla.org/) > > > > > > > Clonezilla uses partimage which I haven't found too reliable. I still > > prefer to tar /. It works perfectly every time. > > To tar / will not > > - partition the disk > - make a partition bootable > - put the right files on the right partitions unless the partitions are > - created manually > - mounted at the correct mountpoints. > > The OP mentioned a "clean pc with no os at all", which sounds much > like an unpartitioned disk, on which tar / will not work at all (since > there is no partitions and no filesystem to untar to).
-Boot livecd -Run cfdisk -Format partitions -Unpack tar -Chroot -Adjust config files -Run grub-install This takes about 30 minutes. Alternatively if one really want to do bare metal recovery; image products from Paragon and Acronis are the best choice. -- Regards, Aniruddha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
