Partimage - Howto Make Selections
 

i'm using partimage to make an image of my winxp hard drive prior to dual booting linux.

i finally think i have a process using knoppix and partimage to get a backup to my usb hard drive.

for the life of me, though, i can't figure out how to select setting while using partimage.

i see the defaults... but i can't figure out how to change them.

i'm sure it is something trivial.

can anyone help out with this rather bizarre problem?

tia...

Partimage - "Can't Create Temp File..." Error
 

i'm trying to use partimage's default values and i end up with the error, "can't create temp file error... check permissions" (paraphrased.

i'm logged into root on knoppix.

does anyone have an idea how i can get this to work?

tia...

Does the partition you are saving to have enough space?
Did you mount the partition you are trying to back-up (e.g. by clicking on the HDD icon on the desktop)? In that case you may need to unmount it.

linmix, thanks for responding. yes, i had more than enough space. having said that, i did use maxblast 4 to put two ntfs partitions onto my usb external maxtor hard drive.

perhaps this partition process is causing the problems.

i still have no clue how to change values in partimage. tabbing moves the cursor between options, but doesn't change the values. the mouse won't change the values, either.

i think i'm going to try and and use qtparted to lay down the partitions and maybe things will go better.

do tell how i can actually change values in partimage, if you know. it is quite bizarre and i can't ever remember having this kind of problem before.

partimage
 

That error is caused by your path to where your going to send it, or your file name itself. Try sending it to a different partition and/or try naming it something else like this: "MyImag~1" using just 6 letters as shown.

But it definitely does not like the path you are using, play around with it a little.

partimage
 

I guess I did not read all of your post. What values are you trying to change ? If you mean how to check the item you want to use, space bar will remove a check mark, and space bar will add a check mark. Is this what you wanted to know ?

yes, thanks! i'm sure it is documented somewhere, but it didn't jump out at me.

i want to change the value that will create multiple volumes. i reworked around it by making the volume size larger than the drive.

i'll be giving this another shot within a few days.

thank you.

ob, the entered path was "dev/sda5" (iirc) and was meant to lead to a partition on my usb hard drive. i also have a dev/sda1 on the same maxtor usb hard drive.

i used maxblast 4 in order to copy my c: drive to sda1. i tried to boot into a second computer, via the usb connection to this drive, and received an error. i'm now thinking maxblast 4 may have compressed the image.

ideally, i'd like to make a 100% backup and then test it by bootin gfrom usb on a second computer. i understand partimage doesn't copy swap files or the extra space (as opposed to dd), so that's great. what is copied, though, ought to be pristine.

thanks for the help.