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Old 04-10-2014, 05:31 PM   #1
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linux disk and partition cloning software

hello,

what is the most flexible software to clone a partition or complete hard drive. i was using dd command to create image or clone entire partitions and perfect the only thing is that variaty to mix partition you will destroy all data. any other suggestions of pupular software?
 
Old 04-10-2014, 05:47 PM   #2
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popular software=clonezilla
 
Old 04-11-2014, 08:10 AM   #3
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"partimage" has been around forever. "fsarchiver" is another option.
 
Old 04-11-2014, 09:29 AM   #4
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"partimage" has been around forever.
The problem with partimage is that it is unmaintained since 2010-07-25 and does not support newer filesystems (ext4, btrfs). NTFS support is listed as "experimental" and does not support highly fragmented or compressed files, let alone any NTFS features introduced since Windows XP.
 
Old 04-11-2014, 02:32 PM   #5
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Gparted.
Redobackup for entire disk maybe partitions.
 
Old 04-12-2014, 10:55 AM   #6
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If you are cloning and want no locks on your files,
you can boot from a live CD of your choice.

You will get access to all your files.

If you just want the data, then rsync is good.
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Old 04-12-2014, 09:42 PM   #7
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Also look at http://www.mondorescue.org/
 
Old 04-21-2014, 03:58 AM   #8
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hello again

about cloning what i did was that i booted from clonzilla boot cd on client's machine and backed up it on samba share over network.
 
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I use dd
 
Old 04-21-2014, 11:41 AM   #10
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yes dd can also clone over network but you will need compression becouse it will clone free space from hdd and than you must have TBs of space on server.

---------- Post added 04-21-14 at 20:42 ----------

i like dd onw of most easy and cool method.
 
Old 04-21-2014, 01:08 PM   #11
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I have TB's the reason to clone is you're ready to go immediately after a fault with a bootable media. If that's not the goal that backups should be fine
 
Old 04-21-2014, 03:19 PM   #12
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So you are saying that you solved it by using clonezilla. Great! Thanks for the update.
 
  


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