From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta31.charter.net (mta31.charter.net [216.33.127.82]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C667F109D6 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aarprv06.charter.net ([10.20.200.76]) by mta31.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20080923202733.VFZG4798.mta31.charter.net@aarprv06.charter.net> for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:33 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.121.233]) by aarprv06.charter.net with ESMTP id <20080923202733.KYXQ3342.aarprv06.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:33 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m8NKRRDi014879 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:27 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id m8NKRRCd014878 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:27 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: Speakup list Subject: Somewhat OT: cloning hard disks Message-ID: <20080923202727.GA14857@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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 20:27:23 -0000 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