From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [208.79.16.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0F9710A28 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:44:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-110-105.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.110.105]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m8NKj7O4011957 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:45:09 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8NKj4fc025937 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:45:07 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.13.7/Submit) id m8NKj45L025934; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:45:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18649.21840.691180.228659@ccs.covici.com> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:45:04 -0400 From: John covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Somewhat OT: cloning hard disks In-Reply-To: <20080923202727.GA14857@gmx.net> References: <20080923202727.GA14857@gmx.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 22.0.95.1 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:44:56 -0000 I use acronis for this purpose -- unfortunately its under that other operating system, but does work and although somewhat quirky is accessible with WindowEyes. on Tuesday 09/23/2008 Alex Snow(alex_snow@gmx.net) wrote > Hi, > Was just given the task of cloning several machines from a master that I > installed. THe master has both Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.04 installed. > What's the best way to make an image of this drive so it can be copied > to several other drives? I was thinking of just using DD, but is there > any faster way? partimage looked interesting, but it looked like a pain > to clone an entire disk (doing it one partition at a time, then losing > the MBR from the original drive). > Also looked at clonezilla which looked somewhat promising (it uses a > console interface so could have speakup integrated into it), but I was > unable to find any source (or even a copy of the kernel config so I > could recompile) > Any advice would be greatly apreciated. > > -- > lp1 on fire > -- One of the more obfuscated kernel messages > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com