Tim, Lets take a step back. Im sure ill get flamed for this, but if you are in a windows enviroment, and you have an image server, you can just use RIS from microsoft. I successfully used it in my labs at LSU to image PCs over the network. One image works for many PCs.. If you prepare the image correctly with riprep you should have little problems, even on differning hardware. Its pretty quick too. The only snag you can run into is unsupported network drivers, but those can be shoved in there - there are KBs about it. Its fine if you just want to use linux to accomplish this task but if I remember the gnuparted stuff it basically says its NTFS support isnt that great and if it works, it will work fine but if it doesnt, good luck. I could be wrong. Makes sense since NTFS is proprietary.
If you are looking for something to go back to a good config after some user borks it, goback works pretty well too. Just depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Chris Tim Hallin wrote: > I have 80 different computers so hiding the imaging on the computer is > easier for me. My classroom has an image server. > > I found that every QTParted solution looks on older computers (Thosiba > Laptops & A-Open Desktops). On the new HPs nothing works, including > Partition Manager, they all give me the "Cluster 1" error. Did they > change the "Mighty" NTFS files system ? > > > 10/12/05, *Will Hill* <williamhill2 at cox.net > <mailto:williamhill2 at cox.net>> wrote: > > The QTParted in Simply Mepis worked on a brand new Dell for me. I > ended up > deleting the "restore" partition later so I could have more primary > partitions but the actual shrink worked. It might have given an > error at the > time it looked good after a reboot. NTFS sucks life, so YMMV. > > If all you want is a backup of XP, try putting it on a newtwork device > instead. I'm not sure how, but I know it can be done and it's > better to have your backup on separate media. > > On Wednesday 12 October 2005 04:24 pm, Tim Hallin wrote: > > I am using QTParted to shrink NTFS partitions on XP boxes so I > can add an > > ext3 partition to hold a XP image. I am yet to get QTParted to > work. I have > > tried it on Knoppix and the latest Ubuntu. It tells me there is > a NTFS > > Cluster error ? On brand new HP Computers ? I tried it on 12 > different > > computers over the last week. I have done all the standard > Windows repair > > stuff (chkdsk /f & defrag). > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > Tim Hallin > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >General at brlug.net >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
