Actually mdraid (Linux software raid) is awesome for cloning. All the raid Metadata is on the raid partition. And much better for data recovery situation s. I would recommend downloading clonezilla ( http://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable ), it's free. It's basically like ghost, but has more features.
~larry Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Alan Smith Date:05/02/2014 7:35 AM (GMT-06:00) To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System Subject: [RDD] OT: Clone Appliance Hard Drive-Raid 1 Hi Everyone, Another not-quite-Rivendell related question here, but I know there are some brilliant minds around here... I have a Rivendell stand-alone based on the appliance v2. I have a LOT of work invested in this, and I would like to clone the hard drive(s). The problem is during installation, I set up the appliance on a software Raid 1 array. I have googled, but have read mixed results on "cloning" Linux MD Raid. In my mind, it can't be that hard, but some suggest it can't be done with the tools I have. The tools I have available to me are: Ghost 2003 (Dos boot floppy) Acronis True Image WD Edition Knoppix In my mind, if I do a "sector" copy, and copy one drive at a time, it shouldn't matter if the cloning software can read the filesystem or not... Am I off base here? Thanks for any tips, -Alan PS I seem to think maybe dd (under Knoppix?) is the way to go, but since I will be cloning to an identical drive, how can I be sure which one is which? Having never used dd I don't want to destroy my work! _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
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