Partition Image of SATA Maxtor Drive ?
 

Hi, I´m trying to make a partition images of a Drive SATA Maxtor (250Gb) but can't get the software recognize this HD.
I tested Knoppyx, Ubuntu, Qparted, Partition Magic, and others, could anyone tell me which soft can I use to make this Partition image ?

Hardware:

HP ML 150
1 Gb Ram
2 HD SATA Maxtor (250Gb)
RED HAT ES 4

Partitions:
sda1 /boot 100 Mb
sda2 / 10 Gb
sda3 /swap 4 Gb
sda5 /var 15 Gb
Sda6 /home 200 Gb

sdb1 /swap 4 Gb
sdb2 Free 245 Gb (Free for Images Partitions)


Thks very

Hi,
I'm using Maxtor sata drives with partimage and no problems. Keep in mind that the partition needs to be NOT IN USE when you make an image.
You should have good results using a live cd like pclinux, knoppix or berry linux ..... Some livecd versions like to mount everything it finds. That can be a problem when you want to make images.
Just make sure the partitions aren't mounted by going to the partition where you want to save the images to and using the command:umount -a
That works nicely as it won't un-mount the partition that you are in as it can't un-mount partitions which are in use.

I also install more than one Linux os and boot into one system to image the others.

Homey, I'm using Knoppix 3.9, and when I start the QTParted do not show me the sda or sdb Hard drives. When on Terminal I start the partimage appear the following : (none drive is showed)

Partition to Save/Restore
#
.
.
.

Image file to create/Use
________________________________________________

Action to be done
(*) Save partition into a new image file
( ) Restore partition from an image file
( ) Restore an MBR from teh imagefile

etc. etc.

I'm not using LVM, I've had a very bad experience with it, My Hd crashed and I couldn't recover nothing... I'started to find information and in many places recommend that using LVM is harder to recover than using manually partitions.

Thks again.