[Gllug] imaging Linux partition

[Dermot Moynihan]

George,

>Dermot, I have done this trick in the past, there are some issues
>1} the version of ghost you used

I haven't made the image yet. I can use either Ghost 2002 Personal Edition 
(i.e. ghostpe.exe) or Ghost 2003 (ghost.exe). i.e. neither is the 
Enterprise Edition.

>2} if you spanned the 3 CD's then no problem

I was planning to span them. Though I haven't spanned before. If I do span 
them can I ignore the cautions in the rest of your message? i.e I just want 
to put the whole thing on the 1 partition.
  I've replaced images of Windows stuff before so I have a fair idea of 
what I'm doing.

By the way, will the floppy made on the original Linux be able to direct 
things to boot the later one i.e. boot from a different hard drive?

Thanks for the prompt response,
Dermot


>if the CD's are 3 separate CD's you need 3 partitions to ghost them to.
>
>ie. if you put /var /boot on one CD then yes you can ghost that to a 
>partition. CD number 2 has /usr on it then you can put that in another 
>partion or else it will overwrite you previous  /var & /boot
>
>  short answer YES  but be careful
>
>George F. Saxby
>     Systems Engineer
>        I.T.S. Team
>
> >>> dermoyn at onetel.net.uk 11/13/02 01:59pm >>>
>Anybody know the answer to the following:
>If I make an image of my main LInux partition (i.e not the swap) onto 3 CDs
>using ghost, can I then, using these CDs and ghost, install Linux onto an
>other hard drive where I've already created a partition for the Linux.
>I have 1 PC and swap over 2 removable hard drives - one has linux working
>nicely (with which I've been practising) the other is my main h/d with
>Windows (which eagerly awaits the arrival of Linux).
>I boot Linux from a floppy.
>Thanks
>Dermot
>
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