[NMLUG] Linux GHOST?

[Peter Espen]

I haven't successfully used fdisk and dd to do grammar and spell
checking though. :)


> > 
> > Which makes me ask, why the [expletive deleted] doesn't somebody write
> > a Linux version of Ghost? Really. There are twenty different MP3
> > player apps, but nothing to clone an HDD.
> > 
> 
> I know this has been mentioned already, but perhaps the reason is because
> with Linux ghosting/cloning a drive is so easy to do with fdisk and dd.
> 
> I have successfully cloned Windows 2000 and Windows XP drives with fdisk
> and dd, even when I was cloning to new partitions that were different
> sizes than the originals.  I've used fidsk and dd to clone hybrid drives
> that are dual boot and contain both Windows XP and linux OSs.  I've used
> dd to restore the master boot blocks on a Windows XP drive and to copy the
> master boot blocks from one drive to another.  I've used fdisk and dd
> to clone drives the Norton Ghost failed miserably on.  I've used fdisk and
> dd to move a linux installation a different location on a new drive leaving
> enought room a the beginning of the new drive to clone a Windows XP OS to
> the drive.  I guess it's clear by now, that fdisk and dd taken together 
> are a superior ghost.  What's great is that fdisk and dd are available on
> every bootable linux (redhat and Suse) that I have and I can easliy boot
> the CDs into a "maintanance Linux" that's independant of what's on the
> hard drives for ghosting fun and ease.
>