Re: Disk logical backup tools
On Thursday 05 April 2007 06:24, - Tong - wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any tools that can backup disk partitions logically, for both > Linux & Windoze partitions? from man ntfsclone: NTFSCLONE(8) NTFSCLONE(8) NAME ntfsclone - Efficiently clone, image, restore or rescue an NTFS part of the ntfsprogs package. For win32 etc. and linux partitions, I just copy the files. Linux is powerful enough to recover/recreate partitions as you need them. Partimage has already been suggested; for ntfs I would prefer ntfsclone, though. > By logical backup I meant, at least the backup tools don't do blind sector > to sector backup. Ideally it would be something like Norton Ghost. I hope > I can use it to backup Windoze partitions under Linux, and restore to > VmWare virtual drives. Don't know, if this works to restore for VMware. HTH, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disk logical backup tools
On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:24:33 +, - Tong - wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any tools that can backup disk partitions logically, for both > Linux & Windoze partitions? ... > > Last time I checked, about a year or two ago, such tools didn't exist > under Linux... Thanks everyone for the respond. I tried Partimage before when it was v0.6.2. But by then it was not totally a logical backup tool. E.g., it insisted that partition size has to be exactly the same, during back/restore. This is insane. Hope this has been fixed. Anybody has such positive experience with Partimage? FYI, here is what I have noted when I tried it: partition size has to be exactly the same The partition is too small to be restored: Original partition size:2097414144 bytes Destination partition size:.1052803584 bytes I only have 427M used on it, which should well fit into the 1G destination drive. With this limitation, I think by now partimage is practically useless. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disk logical backup tools
- Tong - schrieb: > Hi, > > Is there any tools that can backup disk partitions logically, for both > Linux & Windoze partitions? > > By logical backup I meant, at least the backup tools don't do blind sector > to sector backup. Ideally it would be something like Norton Ghost. I hope > I can use it to backup Windoze partitions under Linux, and restore to > VmWare virtual drives. Today I was also looking for a disk image tool, and came across this list of tools: http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml I ended up using SystemRescueCD, after trying PiNG (Ping is not Ghost). Both were based on partimage, and if I remember correctly claimed to support NTFS via captive driver. Hope that helps, Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disk logical backup tools
On Thursday 05 April 2007 06:24, - Tong - wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any tools that can backup disk partitions logically, for both > Linux & Windoze partitions? from man ntfsclone: NTFSCLONE(8) NAME ntfsclone - Efficiently clone, image, restore or rescue an NTFS It's part of the ntfsprogs package. For win32 etc. and linux partitions, I just copy the files. Linux is powerful enough to recover/recreate partitions as you need them. Partimage has already been suggested; for ntfs I would prefer ntfsclone, though. > By logical backup I meant, at least the backup tools don't do blind sector > to sector backup. Ideally it would be something like Norton Ghost. I hope > I can use it to backup Windoze partitions under Linux, and restore to > VmWare virtual drives. Don't know, if this works to restore for VMware. HTH, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disk logical backup tools
- Tong - wrote: Hi, Is there any tools that can backup disk partitions logically, for both Linux & Windoze partitions? By logical backup I meant, at least the backup tools don't do blind sector to sector backup. Ideally it would be something like Norton Ghost. I hope I can use it to backup Windoze partitions under Linux, and restore to VmWare virtual drives. Last time I checked, about a year or two ago, such tools didn't exist under Linux... thank Is partimage what your looking for? aptitude show partimage Package: partimage New: yes State: not installed Version: 0.6.4-17 Priority: optional Section: admin Maintainer: Michael Biebl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uncompressed Size: 942k Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12), libnewt0.52, libpam0g (>= 0.76), libslang2 (>= 2.0.6-3), libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8c-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-12), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1) Conflicts: partimage-server (< 0.6.0), partimage-doc (<= 20020126-6) Description: backup partitions into a compressed image file Partition Image is a partition imaging utility. It has support for the following file systems: * Ext2/3, the linux standard * Reiser3, a journalised and powerful file system * FAT16/32, DOS and Windows file systems * HPFS, IBM OS/2 file system * JFS, journalised file system, from IBM, used on AIX * XFS, another journalised and efficient file system, from sgi, used on Irix * UFS (beta), Unix file system * HFS (beta), MacOS File system * NTFS (experimental), Windows NT, 2000 and XP Only used blocks are copied and stored into an image file. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk space, and split into multiple files to be copied onto removable media (ZIP for example), burned on a CD-R, etc. This makes it possible to save a full Linux/Windows system with a single operation. In case of a problem (virus, crash, error, etc.), you just have to restore, and after several minutes, your entire system is restored (boot, files, etc.), and fully working. This is very useful when installing the same software on many machines: just install one of them, create an image, and restore the image on all other machines. Homepage: http://www.partimage.org Tags: admin::backup, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, special::not-yet-tagged, special::not-yet-tagged::p, works-with::archive HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
