Bill did you just delete the Util and recovery partitions and then expand the OS partition in one step prior to pulling the image?
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Bill Kampmeyer <bk...@shi85.org> wrote: > I had similar trouble a few months ago. On my laptops I always add a > 4 to 8 GB FAT partition and drop a link to it on all user's desktops. > This allows staff to have a place to put files they can access if on > the domain or away. We were is a bit of a hurry so I did not clean up > the Dell recovery partition. This let many partitions that seemed to > caused dd ( I believe FOG uses GNU/Linux dd) problems. Also W7 seems > to do something new with the MBR I have not seen before that forces > drive maintenance to, it looks like, rebuild the MBR. Just a guess, > the HD needed some system recovery work using the boot up utilities on > the OS disk. > > The fix involved using the very latest GPartd (the summer release had > a bad data destroying bug) to remove all of those blasted > utility/recovery partitions - both the recovery boot and the recovery > data partition and the OS boot disk maintenance mentioned [ this > maintenance was needed after GPartd did its job]. Then that image was > easily uploaded and deployed using the OUTSTANDING and indispensable > FOG. Excellent work Chuck and Jian!! > > HTH > BK > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Scott Siri <ss...@mendotahs.org> wrote: > > I got impatient. I combined all three partitions into one last night. > Look > > this morning like it hosed the machine. Unless there is a bios setting > I'm > > missing, it seems to be having trouble loading the OS. The partition is > now > > called dev\sda2 according to gparted. > > > > is this the normal name for the primary partition? My understanding is I > > can't rename the partition without killing all data on it. I did not get > > that warning when I combined the FATs onto the NTFS last night. > > > > The computer is a Dell Dimension 4600. We have many of these and I just > > wanted an image. Silly me to think it would be simple. > > > > Scott > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:05 AM, K Lesko <kle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Sounds like a manufacturer's utility partition and a partition to > restore > >> the OS. What brand of computers are they? I am not sure what the best > way > >> to proceed would be. If you have more than one of these systems that > you > >> can get an image from I would use a partition editor from a boot disk > (DOS > >> FDISK, GPARTED) to eliminate the FAT partitions and see if FOG would > then > >> allow you to pull an image. > >> > >> If this is the only system you have I would use ghost or clonzilla etc. > to > >> get an image of the OS before I messed with the partitions. If the > above > >> doesn't work you may need to re-partition the drive to a single NTFS > >> partition and put the OS image back on before FOG will pull an image. > >> > >> Let us know, I will likely be headed down this path in a week or so. . . > >> > >> Kevin > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Scott Siri <ss...@mendotahs.org> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I have a computer all ready to pull an image from. > >>> > >>> FOG wont do it and the errors seem to point to a partition issue. > >>> > >>> The hard drive seems to have a FAT partition of 49MB, FAT32 partition > of > >>> 3.5GB and NTFS partition of 145GB. > >>> > >>> I don't know when or why these were all created on here. Can I merge > the > >>> two small ones into the larger without killing off my OS? I'm pretty > basic > >>> when it comes to understanding of file systems and partitions. > >>> > >>> Scott > >>> > >>> > >>> *** This Email was sent by an educator at Mendota IL. > >>> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > >> > >> > >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > > > > > *** This Email was sent by an educator at Mendota IL. > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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