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    Hard Disk Image software for Linux

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    by glgreen ·

    I am looking for a program in Linux that allows me to image a hard disk (Win95), back it up to my Linux server and when a new PC is introduced to the network with a C:\ or a hard drive crashes, I can just pop in a boot disk and connect to the Linux box.Any suggestions for or against my method would be appreciated.

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    • #3902449

      Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      by rindi1 ·

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      Look for driveimage from powerquest (now belongs to symantec). They have, as far as i know, a new version out, and it supports a lot of filesystem types. I’m not sure if it runs directly under linux, but i don’t think thats necessary. I suggest copying the image to CD Roms where the program resides as well, preferably a bootable cd rom, then you’ve got everything where you need it.

    • #3902251

      Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      by jlrice ·

      In reply to Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      Linux is shuck full of back up utillities, but if you want an exact image, then the basic command is dd
      like dd if=/dev/hdb1 of=/backup/

      Joe

    • #3902200

      Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      by cbingham ·

      In reply to Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      The easist way to do this is with something like Norton Ghost http://www.ghost.com. What you want to do is install samba on your linux system you can get it off of you linux cd or from http://www.samba.org. The Samba program is extremely easy to configure and lets you share a drive that a dos, win9x or, winNt client can access just like it was another windows based computer share. All you have to do then is create a network boot disk for your new pc or the pc you wish to back up, the Ghost web site has greattips on this or you can use the Client Administrator on NT Server if you have access to one. Once you boot up your machine and can connect to the linux box you simply run ghost from floppy or the linux share and clone away. Note Ghost software requires a license samba is free.

    • #3901801

      Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      by greg.dominguez ·

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      Here is another alternative. Restoring an image over your network could slow it down. Sydex has a program called Safeback which will run from a DOS boot floppy. Safeback has several options, you can make a bit for bit image of the drive and the usethe restore function. The second option with Safeback is to use the copy mode and the data is copied directly to the new drive. Safeback is used by law enforcement and corporate security and has an excellent track record. The software is not cheap, but depending on the volume of drives you would need to image/restore it may very well be woth the cost. Greg

    • #3903545

      Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      by rmccain ·

      In reply to Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      Yeah Raw write is on most Linux distro’s
      I think but I have’nt tride zip n gzip
      in conjunction W Raw write . Check and
      see what format The Linux boot floppy
      images are stored in . This is the least of
      your problems .

    • #3896596

      Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      by glenn ·

      In reply to Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      dd (direct disk I think) is the equivalent of any imaging software out there for hard drives.

      dd if=/dev/hdxx of/file/path/filename.extension should do the trick where hdxx is actually the device name (hda = primary master, hdb = primary slave etc. hda = primary master, partition 1)

      so if you want to do an image of the primary master’s first paritition and name the resulting file hda1.backup, it would be:
      dd if=/dev/hda1 of=hda1.backup

      mind you that the file will be exactly the same size as the used space on that drive. I recommend gzip or bzipping the resulting file to save space.

    • #3898850

      Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      by m.mayberry ·

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      Any of the answers above will give you an image of a hard drive (or at least a good copy). To keep things simple, though, I would recommend one of the commercial products like Powerquest’s Drive Image or Norton Ghost. I use Ghost quite a bit, but haven’t created an image for a Linux box. Ghost 6.0 ($63 US) has added support for the ext2 filesystem (often called Linux Native), but doesn’t mention the Linux Swap filesystem. Powerquest lists support for both the ext2 and Linux Swap filesystems with Drive Image 3.0 ($69 US).

    • #3793756

      Hard Disk Image software for Linux

      by glgreen ·

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