OK I have taken a look at partimage. (I was confusing it with 'parted' the partition maker) It looks like it does just what you want.
And it IS on knoppix. I just checked. Knoppix is really awfully good. Just stick the CD in a Windows machine and 60 seconds later it is running a 'real' operating system. derek On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 7:28 am, rikona wrote: > Hello Derek, > > Wednesday, June 18, 2003, 2:36:07 AM, you wrote: > > DJ> I am not sure what you are trying to achieve here. I know partimage can > create DJ> partitions, but I was not aware it could be used to create ghost > images. > > It's not quite 'Ghost', which can create a clone disk. I was thinking > of using partimage to create an image of disk1, but put them on disk2. > It would not be a clone, but could restore back to another disk1 to > create a semi-clone. :-) > > DJ> As for booting Mandrake from floppy. No > > I know I can't do the whole GUI thing, but I'd settle for just enough > to run a script, which in turn would run partimage. Could a REALLY > barebones MD be set up to do only that? > > DJ> However if you snag yourself a copy of Knoppix > DJ> http://www.knoppix.org/ > DJ> You will get a fully bootable Linux system from CD with a large set of > tools. DJ> It runs in memory and will not harm an existing Win > installation. > > Interesting idea, especially if one of the tools is partimage. -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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