[LUNI] Disk image/cloning

From: Arun K. (knura@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 15:27:36 CST

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    I want to clone (loosely speaking) the entire HDD of an installed, pruned and
    configured Linux system (master disk).

    The installation has separate 'devices' for /boot (1st primary), / (2nd
    primary), /usr (logical), swap (3rd primary), /var (logical), /home (logical)
    filesystems (the partition table has 3 primary partitions and 1 extended
    partition with logical partitions). All filesystems are ext2. The target HDD
    capacity is >= master disk (but the resp. disk geometry may not be the same).

    Can this be done using tools available in Linux w/o creating the partitions
    individually and then coping them over? (I have tried dd with 2 540MB HDDs -
    no good because disk geometries were different)

    Alternatively, has any one tried PowerQuest's "Disk Magic" (not sure of the
    name). PQ claims it can clone MS OSs and Linux.

    TIA 

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Arun K.
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