Steven: Thanks for your suggestion. It turns out that md5sum values on my large (2000MB) image files on the 2nd machine did not match the 1st machine, and were also unreliable (changed with successive runs). I transferred the files to a 3rd machine, and all of the values matched the 1st machine.
So I've got to troubleshoot what the problem is with that 2nd machine, which is Ubuntu 8.10, and is my own desktop machine! Steven Shiau wrote: > 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
