Hi Bill, Bill Gurley wrote: > I think that I've done this before successfully, but last week I ran > into trouble. Let me explain the scenario: > > I have a computer lab with about 30 identical XP Professional machines. > The network configuration is not conducive to using the Clonezilla SE > server setup for multicasting images. So I just restore my clonezilla > image to all of the machines, using the live CD and connecting to an ssh > server to access the image, and performing unicast restores. > > This is fairly low-tech, I know. But I only have to update the image > about once per year. I have a special image server that I use for > clonezilla images. The server is running 64-bit CentOS. > > One obvious problem is that, over 100Mbit ethernet, the server starts to > bog down if you run restores on more than three of these machines at a > time. So I decided to put a copy of the image onto my own desktop > machine, which is running 32-bit Ubuntu, so that I could have a second > source for the image to run more simultaneous restores. > > Is there a problem copying files from a 64-bit file system to a 32-bit > filesystem? > No, it's all the same. > I don't understand it, but I had all sorts of problems trying to do > restores from the copy on my desktop machine running 32-bit Ubuntu. The > first time it complained that the files for the ntfs partition were > corrupted. The restore aborted. So I copied the image files again. > The last time I did this, the restore went unreasonably fast, and then > Windows would not boot. There was still some problem with the image > files, even though they were the correct files sizes and had the correct > permissions. > > Restores from the original ssh image server continued to work just fine. > > What am I missing? Is there a proper way to copy an image from one > machine to another? I tried copying it using ssh, and even tried using > an external usb drive to move the image. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > After you copy the image files, maybe try to run a md5sum or sha1sum check. At least this can make sure the files you copy are identical.
Steven. > > -Bill- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > Clonezilla-live mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live > -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB F4BC 08B3 E3D7 9762 755A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
