Thnx guys for the infos... :)
--- JC de Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was exactly my point =) > > Migs > Registered user#381619 > Random Musings (http://lifelin.blogspot.com/) > Intelligence in the world is constant.... > Unfortunately, the population is growing.... > > > > > ++-----Original Message----- > ++From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > ++Of Anuerin Diaz > ++Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:16 PM > ++To: The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) > Discussion List > ++Subject: Re: [plug] Cloning linux > ++ > ++On 9/14/05, JC de Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > ++> > ++> -----Original Message----- > ++> ++From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ++> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > ++> ++Of Anuerin Diaz > ++> ++Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:55 PM > ++> ++To: The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group > (PLUG) Discussion List > ++> ++Subject: Re: [plug] Cloning linux > ++> ++ > ++> ++On 9/14/05, Jolly Recto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > ++<snip> > ++> ++ > ++> ++if i am not mistaken dd creates an exact clone > of your disk so if > you > ++> ++are cloning a 40GB disk then you would need a > 40GB space to save > the > ++> ++image. my preference is partimage with gzip > compression. my > 'pristine' > ++> ++10GB windows installation takes a little above > 2GB space and > ++> ++restoration takes less than 10 minutes. :) > ++> ++ > ++> ++ciao! > ++> [<-----snip----->] > ++> correct. And that since dd copies every sector > exactly (byte for > byte, > ++> including empty sectors), it's going to take a > while. Although, I > seem > ++> to remember someone mentioning that you can pipe > the output through > gzip > ++> or bzip, but I'd have to check up on that. > ++> > ++ > ++from the partimage.org website: > ++ > ++<quote> > ++ Partition Image will only copy data from the used > portions of the > ++partition. For speed and efficiency, free blocks > are not written to > ++the image file. This is unlike the 'dd' command, > which also copies > ++empty blocks. Partition Image also works for > large, very full > ++partitions. For example, a full 1 GB partition can > be compressed with > ++gzip down to 400MB. > ++</quote> > ++ > ++ciao! > ++ > ++-- > ++ > ++"Programming, an artform that fights back" > ++ > ++Anuerin G. Diaz > ++Registered Linux User #246176 > ++Friendly Linux Board @ > http://mandrivausers.org/index.php > ++http://capsule.ramfree17.org , when you absolutely > have nothing else > ++better to do > ++_________________________________________________ > ++Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > ++Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > ++Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
