From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [75.125.70.226]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93CA710B3A for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:46:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sonata.rednote.net (sonata.rednote.net [IPv6:2001:470:b804:1:216:d3ff:fecc:ec01]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8OFlAtZ029920 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:47:11 GMT Received: from sonata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by sonata.rednote.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8OFlAci032055 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:47:10 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by sonata.rednote.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m8OFlAOe032054 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:47:10 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: sonata.rednote.net: janina set sender to janina@rednote.net using -f Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:47:10 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Somewhat OT: cloning hard disks Message-ID: <20080924154710.GA27667@sonata.rednote.net> References: <20080923202727.GA14857@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080923202727.GA14857@gmx.net> X-Operating-System: Linux sonata.rednote.net 2.6.26.3-29.spk.fc9.x86_64 Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8324/Wed Sep 24 10:55:43 2008 on opera.rednote.net X-Virus-Status: Clean 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:46:56 -0000 I'm still a fan of dd for such tasks. You mention speed, but I wonder why that should be an issue. Even if dd is slow, are you actually doing so many disks over so many days, weeks, and months that it really matters? Or, maybe you're worried about tyeing up your only workstation? In wich case I'd just do it overnight. Janina Alex Snow writes: > 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 -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina@a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org