LinuxQuestions.org - Couple of questions before cloning W8 using CloneZilla

Hello

I'd like to save an image of Windows 8 onto a second partition using Clonezilla, and have a couple of questions before proceeding:

1. Why does W8 create two partitions (350MB and 147.3GB) instead of just one?

2. When running fdisk in Linux, why does it display so many /dev/ramX partitions?

3. Using Clonezilla, should I save the two partitions so that restoring will work after trying another OS?

Thank you.

Here's the output of "fdisk -l" ran after booting live Linux from a USB keydrive:

Code:

# fdisk -l



Disk /dev/ram0: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram1: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram2: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram3: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram4: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram5: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram6: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram7: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram8: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram9: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram10: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram11: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram12: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram13: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram14: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/ram15: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes





Disk /dev/loop0: 1.4 GiB, 1536229376 bytes, 3000448 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes





Disk /dev/sda: 3.7 GiB, 3926949888 bytes, 7669824 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disklabel type: dos

Disk identifier: 0x554126a2



Device    Boot Start    End Sectors  Size Id Type

/dev/sda1  *    2048 7669823 7667776  3.7G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)





Disk /dev/sdb: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disklabel type: dos

Disk identifier: 0x000dde89



Device    Boot    Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type

/dev/sdb1  *        2048    718847    716800  350M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/dev/sdb2          718848 309694463 308975616 147.3G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/dev/sdb3      309694464 561821695 252127232 120.2G 83 Linux

/dev/sdb4      617334858 625142447  7807590  3.7G 82 Linux swap / Solaris