[Klug-general] hard drive image

[Karl Buckland]

If you want to make an exact copy of the partition then I'd recommend the
GParted Live CD: http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/
It will copy, resize, move a variety of partitions. It's quick and I've
always found it reliable.

Alternatively, if all you're after is a backup, then just copy your files.
There's nothing stopping you from copying all the files to a new hard drive,
installing Grub (or whatever boot manager you have) and then away you go.
Obviously make sure all attributes of those files (permissions!) remain the
same.

Karl


2008/6/16 <matt at theshadowaspect.com>:

> dd'ing the whole drive should work. not sure whether the dd'd version
> would still be bootable though?
>
> failing that, would it be feasible to dd just the /home and /etc dir and
> then, if you need to you could reinstall your distro and then just replace
> those 2 dirs?
>
> cheers
>
> -mph
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > I want to take an image/make an exact copy etc (not sure on the correct
> > terminology) of one hard drive onto another identical hard drive.
> >
> > Have a system set up and want to make changes but would like a copy of
> > the last known good configuration to revert back to if things go pear
> > shaped. Whats the simplest way of doing this? I've read about using dd,
> > sounds like it could be a bit slow(?).
> >
> > cheers
> > Evan
> >
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