Hi everyone

I installed linux 9.0 on one desktop as a server and
want installed the same on other desktop which have the
same configration. I have a one HDD which have a 40 GB and I made the following three partition.

Filesystem
/dev/hda1 (boot) ext3
/dev/hda2(root) - LVM ext3
/dev/hda3(for appl) - LVM ext3

I downloaded "Ghost for linux 0.19" SW and try to make a
image file through Ghost sw options. I select RAW Mode> Local use>Pick Device. Here it give option to selecte partition (hda, hda1, hda2, hda3). When I select hda(whole HDD) it give error "not NTFS/ext2/ext3) file system. I try to select hda1 which have boot partition. It write the image without any error then I try hda2 it is giving the same NTFS/ext2/ext3 filesystem error.

Please note while installed linux I formated with the linux utilities.

Can you please let me know, did I missed any step.

Thanks......

Try using the SystemRescueCD; http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

Or try using g4u; http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

Both have better support for LVM ext3 partitions.

Lenard

I am trying with G4u. It doesn't work with local drive options.
I tried with disk to disk it is working fine.

I am not sure wheather G4U support LVM partition or not while
selecting local drive.

Anyway... Thanks for your suggestions.

It worked on hda1 because hda1 is ext3. It failed on hda2 and hda3 because these are not NTFS/ext2/ext3 ... just as the error message says. They are LVM (partition type "8f").

You should be able to do a manual "dd" to image the LVM partitions. Any higher level tools, G4U, etc., would have to have LVM support built in. It appears that whatever you're using does not.