Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-29 Thread Chris Lale
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Hey guys, I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace the existing one. However, I love my setup right now and wouldn't want to change it. I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to image/clone hard drives. Any suggestions? Anybody

How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hey guys, I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace the existing one. However, I love my setup right now and wouldn't want to change it. I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to image/clone hard drives. Any suggestions? Anybody have any experiences with this?

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Jabka Atu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I guess tar will be good engunth solution just remmber to create parttions on the new drive. using grub-install re write the mbr's boot loader program Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Hey guys, I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 16:31:30 Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Hey guys, I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace the existing one. However, I love my setup right now and wouldn't want to change it. I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to image/clone

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Hey guys, I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace the existing one. However, I love my setup right now and wouldn't want to change it. I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to image/clone hard drives. Any suggestions? Anybody have

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Dec 28, 2007 2:31 PM, Amit Uttamchandani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace the existing one. However, I love my setup right now and wouldn't want to change it. I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Max Hyre
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: If you are planning on having the same partition size for your root partition, then you can simply use dd to clone the entire parition. Actually, the dd method will work even if you want to have a larger partition on your new drive. Couldn't you simply dd the

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Max Hyre wrote: Amit Uttamchandani wrote: If you are planning on having the same partition size for your root partition, then you can simply use dd to clone the entire parition. Actually, the dd method will work even if you want to have a larger partition on your new drive. Couldn't

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread D G Teed
udpcast or g4u use a dd method. Bootable from cdrom, PXE, ether, floppy, etc. On Dec 28, 2007 10:43 PM, Raj Kiran Grandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max Hyre wrote: Amit Uttamchandani wrote: If you are planning on having the same partition size for your root partition, then you can

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Thanks for all the suggestions. I will experiment with tar and dd. And post back on the results. Thanks again, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]