On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:29 AM, drew wymore <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is a free ghost based tool floating around based on netbsd. It's > been years since I used it though. I'll see if I can find the link. > > On 5/29/09, chris (fool) mccraw <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 00:23, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm that jerk who questions your methods instead of answering your > question. > > > >> D.S.Linux runs dd to clone the main hard > >> drive to an identical hard drive in an external SATA cradle, then > >> shuts down. > > > > dd is hardly the fastest way to copy data. i see what you're going > > for, though--obviously rsync or similar "don't copy already-same > > areas" tool won't necessarily create a bootable copy of windows. i > > didn't find any tools like dd+xdelta out there but there must be a > > more efficient tool...does something like ghost (non free, but if > > you're dealing with windows anyway...) do that? i can't imagine that > > 95% of the disk changes each usage, so it seems like an area of this > > process rich for optimization. i wonder if you have already optimized > > partition size down to the bare minimum and just dd that partition? > > seems like optimizing boot time when it must be such a tiny part of > > the time taken to make the copy is ignoring amdahl's argument that one > > should optimize the slowest thing first rather than the easiest... > > > > sorry i don't have an actual answer for you :( > > > > luck++; > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device Keith, while it's floppy or CD based this might be worth investigating. http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
