From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org (linserver.romuald.net.eu.org [63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6442410AE3 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:47:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 4733 invoked by uid 1000); 24 Sep 2008 12:48:00 -0700 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:48:00 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Somewhat OT: cloning hard disks Message-ID: <20080924194800.GA4621@localhost.localdomain> References: <20080923202727.GA14857@gmx.net> <20080924154710.GA27667@sonata.rednote.net> <20080924191812.GA20653@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080924191812.GA20653@gmx.net> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) 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 19:47:47 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Another problem with using dd here is that it copies the entire partition, even the unused data blocks. Partimage doesn't do this, it just images the used partition space, and as far as I know, makes a note internally in the image file on what the unused space is like, so it can restore the partition back to how it was, without taking extra time, and disk space on the drive where the image is being stored, like dd does. Greg On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 03:18:12PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > In this situation I have about 10 machines that are getting cloned > from one master, with DD taking about an hour to do each machine. The > machines are all spare, so it's not a matter of tying up a > workstation, but getting things done quickly. - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjamXAACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyAggACgq+IzUz+ycqaEo6SfhxheL/EH QrQAniHeC66Hw+8eZ/O7H3zwSpiyzmOi =NfQJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----