Stephen: One question, for clarification....
On 06/26/2010 02:07 AM, Steven Shiau wrote: > partclone.dd -b -s /dev/sda1 -o /dev/sdb1 > > is only for partition to partition. > For disk to disk, you can: > > partclone.dd -b -s /dev/sda -o /dev/sdb > For the second command above to work from one disk to another, doesn't the disk geometry have to be identical, or at least "compatible"? > Steven. > > On 2010年06月25日 04:54, Richard Klein wrote: >> One other question, in your example, is it getting the entire disk or is >> sda1 partition 1 on sda? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven Shiau [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:53 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Using DD in Shell of Clonezilla? >> >> Hi Rich, >> Yes, partclone.dd is on Clonezilla live CD. >> To clone /dev/sda1 to /dev/sdb1, for example, you can: >> partclone.dd -b -s /dev/sda1 -o /dev/sdb1 >> >> Steven. >> >> On 2010年06月24日 22:27, Richard Klein wrote: >> >>> Steve, >>> >>> Is partclone.dd on the clonezilla CD? Do you know what the proper command >>> would be to copy everything (with the status) from SDA to SDB? Sorry for >>> asking to be spoonfed but I am not 100% clear on the CLI& I don’t want >>> to mess up my source. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Rich >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Steven Shiau [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:25 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Using DD in Shell of Clonezilla? >>> >>> Hi Rich, >>> >>> On 2010年06月24日 21:36, Richard Klein wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Steve, >>>> >>>> I would very much prefer to use clonezilla. I need a bit by bit copy of >>>> the hard drive. I tried a few times& clonezilla says it cant >>>> recognize the partition which is why I am looking toward DD. >>>> >>>> I was planning to use this command for a DD transfer (if you think it will >>>> work): >>>> >>>> dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/sdd conv=notrunc& DDPID=$! ; sleep 1 ; while >>>> kill -USR1 $DDPID ; do sleep 5 ; done >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, this will work. >>> BTW, as I mentioned, you can try partclone.dd. it will give you a better >>> progress report. >>> >>> Steven. >>> >>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Rich >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Steven Shiau [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:47 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Using DD in Shell of Clonezilla? >>>> >>>> So why you use dd instead of Clonezilla TUI? >>>> If you really want to use dd and get some progress message when it's >>>> running, you can try partclone.dd, it's available in Clonezilla live, too. >>>> For more info, run: >>>> partclone.dd --help >>>> >>>> Steven. >>>> >>>> On 2010/6/24 上午 07:15, Richard Klein wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I am trying to clone a drive using the DD portion of the clonezilla CD. >>>>> I am looking to use this command: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb >>>>> What happens is I seem to be getting impatient since there is no >>>>> progress indicator. I keep doing a control + C& then it appears to >>>>> stop >>>>> with a progress. >>>>> I was curious, is there an additional command that i could put so it >>>>> would display some sort of status? >>>>> The 2TB drive is really time consuming. >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Rich >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate >>>>> GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the >>>>> lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: >>>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Clonezilla-live mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- -Bill- --------------------------------------------- Bill Gurley, Technical Director Department of Chemistry Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
