> You have to find a working space to do that. One of the choices is to use > virtual machine, e.g. virtualbox. > You might refer to this: > http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/68_manually_partclone_restore.faq#68_manually_partclone_restore.faq > > Steven.
Steven, Thanks for the link, I think that might work. However, once I create the image (e.g. sda2.img - for which I will use an external HD so that storage space is not a problem) - after this image is created, how do I open the <.img> file ? I am familiar with the .ISO image format since that is commonly used, but not .img type. Can it be saved as an .ISO image with the same command ? i.e. will the below cmd work ? > > cat dir/hda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.gz.* |gzip -d -c | partclone.restore -C -s - -o > hda2.iso > > ^^^ > (/ NOTE: the .iso file extension for the image, other syntax is as in the > link /) In the meantime, I tried to increase the /dev/sdb1 ( /home) partition from the current 22 GB to 35 GB (the original size), but that is not possible without affecting the / (root) partition as both are categorized as primary partitions. Jay >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steven Shiau <ste...@nchc.org.tw> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Jay, >>> Sorry... no... the target partition must be larger than the source one. >>> This >>> is still the limitation of Clonezilla (actually it's the limitation of >>> partclone, ntfsclone or partimage). >>> >>> Steven. >>> >>> Jay Mistry wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I made an image of /home partition of Ubuntu installation about 3 >>>> months back using Clonezilla-Live CD (Jaunty-12082009), the original >>>> partition size of /home was 35 GB (about 10 GB used, 25 GB free). >>>> After that I shrunk the /home partition from 35 GB to 22 GB. >>>> Now, when I try to restore the /home partition using the same version >>>> of Clonezilla-Live CD, with default options, it gives an error message >>>> that the destination partition is smaller than the source >>>> (the image should fit into the re-sized 22 GB partition, since the >>>> data size is only 10 GB and only used blocs are imaged). >>>> >>>> Is there a way to override this error message? I tried to look in the >>>> advanced option of Clonezilla, but there is no option for this. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Jay >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Return on Information: >>>> Google Enterprise Search pays you back >>>> Get the facts. >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Clonezilla-live mailing list >>>> Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Return on Information: >> Google Enterprise Search pays you back >> Get the facts. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Clonezilla-live mailing list >> Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
