Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-10 Thread Preston Boyington
Kelly Harding wrote: > 2009/2/8 Stefan Monnier: >>> What's the best method for cloning a partition? [searching for an >>> open-source software alternateive for it :P] > > If you use XFS the xfsdump/xfsrestore programs are very good. > > Theres also clonezilla which should do the job. > I've had

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-09 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 08:24:49PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > okay in my defence I didn't see the sig's and they were rather excessive > > > > But I though the email mail bits I left were relevant for contexts > > > > > > I suppose I could have given more info on the packages but I left that > >

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
> okay in my defence I didn't see the sig's and they were rather excessive > > But I though the email mail bits I left were relevant for contexts > > > I suppose I could have given more info on the packages but I left that > up the op. > > > sounds like a visa/mastercard ad :) > I didn't mean to p

RE: Cloning methods

2009-02-09 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> -Original Message- > From: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI [mailto:edua...@kalinowski.com.br] > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 2:06 PM > Subject: Re: Cloning methods > > Nagy Daniel wrote: > > Hi, again :) :S > > > > What's the best method for clonin

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 07:38:46PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/08/2009 04:10 PM, Alex Samad wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 01:56:45PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> 2009/2/7 Alex Samad: [snip] > > But it's your sig, no? (It was in neither Ed Kalinkowski nor Nagy > Daniel's emails, only

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/08/2009 04:10 PM, Alex Samad wrote: On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 01:56:45PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: 2009/2/7 Alex Samad: systemimager mondoresue Ladies and gentlemen, we have a record! 68 Lines in emaiI: 2 original lines (one word each) 25 Quoted lines 26 Lines of sig! okay in my defence

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 01:56:45PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2009/2/7 Alex Samad: > > systemimager > > mondoresue > > Ladies and gentlemen, we have a record! > > 68 Lines in emaiI: > 2 original lines (one word each) > 25 Quoted lines > 26 Lines of sig! okay in my defence I didn't see the sig's

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> For linux partitions (ext3), however I prefer 'rsync -a', since it > copies files and is more efficient IMHO. This applies especially, if you > just want to update a few files on the already installed systems. (With `rsync' also has the advantage that if something happens during the clone, you c

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Nagy Daniel wrote: > What's the best method for cloning a partition? [searching for an > open-source software alternateive for it :P] partimage is for 'cloning' of most types of partitions. For linux partitions (ext3), however I prefer 'rsync -a', since it copies files and is more efficient IMHO.

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/2/7 Alex Samad: > systemimager > mondoresue Ladies and gentlemen, we have a record! 68 Lines in emaiI: 2 original lines (one word each) 25 Quoted lines 26 Lines of sig! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-07 Thread Kelly Harding
2009/2/8 Stefan Monnier : >> What's the best method for cloning a partition? [searching for an >> open-source software alternateive for it :P] If you use XFS the xfsdump/xfsrestore programs are very good. Theres also clonezilla which should do the job. Kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-07 Thread Stefan Monnier
> What's the best method for cloning a partition? [searching for an > open-source software alternateive for it :P] - dump&restore - tar - cpio - rsync -a - cp -a Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-07 Thread Adrian Levi
2009/2/8 Nagy Daniel : > Hi, again :) :S > > What's the best method for cloning a partition? [searching for an > open-source software alternateive for it :P] > I mean cloning like in norton ghost, a program that could "leave" bad > blocks behind, when cloning, and not making a 10 GByte output file

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-07 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 06:05:44PM -0200, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Nagy Daniel wrote: > > Hi, again :) :S > > > > What's the best method for cloning a partition? [searching for an > > open-source software alternateive for it :P] > > I mean cloning like in norton ghost, a program that could "le

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-07 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Nagy Daniel wrote: > Hi, again :) :S > > What's the best method for cloning a partition? [searching for an > open-source software alternateive for it :P] > I mean cloning like in norton ghost, a program that could "leave" bad > blocks behind, when cloning, and not making a 10 GByte output file > [l