Jay Mistry wrote: >> 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. > The sda2.img can be mounted. I have updated the Q&A so please refer to that again. If any problem, please let me know.
Steven. > 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 > -- 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
