Hi, On 2010年09月30日 18:45, Gilles wrote: > Hello > > I'm still not sure how Clonezilla handles the bootloader in the MBR > when restoring an image into a partition. > > Does it _always_ restore the bootloader, so that I don't end up with > either the Windows bootloader trying to boot Linux, or GRUB trying to > boot Windows without GRUB's configuration files? > In the beginner mode, "-g auto" is on by default. Therefore basically you can say that. > According to the documentation, through the "-g" option, it appears > that Clonezilla will restore GRUB in the MBR if any partition is > Linux and contains GRUB's configuration files. > > Also, the "-t" option is set by default, so Clonezilla will restore > the MBR: Here, does "MBR" mean the whole 512 bytes sector, or just > the 440-byte bootloader? > Actually if you check "-t", no MBR will be restored. Here we mean it's 446 bytes (executable code area): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
This is the default options for beginner mode: http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/02_Restore_disk_image/advanced/09-advanced-param.php Steven. > Thank you. > > PS: The Clonezilla contains links to the mailing lists and a > web-based forum: Are e-mails sent to the mailing lists copied to the > forums, or are those two totally separate? If the latter, which is > more active: The mailing lists or the forums? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Clonezilla-live mailing list > Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live > -- Steven Shiau<steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB F4BC 08B3 E3D7 9762 755A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
