From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C12123F692 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:01:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2JF15m09410 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:01:05 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2JF14100867 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:01:04 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2JF13Y00820 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:01:03 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2JEpYm06890 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:51:34 -0500 Received: from toccata.grg.afb.net (w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net [208.36.108.88]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2JEng905742 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:49:42 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2JEp3p02296 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:51:04 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:51:03 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Imaging the hard drive? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: You're correct, Mike. dd will write an exact byte by byte image. He was asking about Ghost, and I think this would be the analog to Ghost. tar is also an excellent choice, however. On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Mike Gorse wrote: > Janina, I am not sure that that would work well for what he wants to do. > I would not trust dd to make an image of a file system for the purpose of > transporting it to another computer which may have a different hard disk > and a Linux partition of a different size. Tar should work well, however, > so long as you pass it parameters to exclude anything that you do not want > copied (ie, /proc). > > -- Michael Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org -- > > On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Imaging in linux is the easiest imaging you will ever do. > > > > Use the dd command partition by partition as follows: > > > k > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org