You could mount the filesystems read-only using ntfs-3g (or there might even be something in kernel, or ntfs-3g might be in kernel -- I don't keep track anymore) and then rsync. Assuming, of course, Win 7 is still using NTFS. Like Chris is saying, the disk imaging is going to be your biggest time sucker, not booting. DSL sounds good to me for a minimal install, however.
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:14 AM, chris (fool) mccraw <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 00:23, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm that jerk who questions your methods instead of answering your question. > >> D.S.Linux runs dd to clone the main hard >> drive to an identical hard drive in an external SATA cradle, then >> shuts down. > > dd is hardly the fastest way to copy data. i see what you're going > for, though--obviously rsync or similar "don't copy already-same > areas" tool won't necessarily create a bootable copy of windows. i > didn't find any tools like dd+xdelta out there but there must be a > more efficient tool...does something like ghost (non free, but if > you're dealing with windows anyway...) do that? i can't imagine that > 95% of the disk changes each usage, so it seems like an area of this > process rich for optimization. i wonder if you have already optimized > partition size down to the bare minimum and just dd that partition? > seems like optimizing boot time when it must be such a tiny part of > the time taken to make the copy is ignoring amdahl's argument that one > should optimize the slowest thing first rather than the easiest... > > sorry i don't have an actual answer for you :( > > luck++; > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chris Daniel _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
