Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 21:30:41 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: Richard Rice <richardr@psbc.org>, "Brown, Steve" <steve@nurserysupplies.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cloning Message-ID: <465514F1.4020306@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <003001c79d5e$8af57fe0$6501a8c0@GRANT> References: <C8A5F7626B37E342B36384C56E4AC30CA90574@wilee.nsi.local> <003001c79d5e$8af57fe0$6501a8c0@GRANT>
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Grant Peel wrote: > Just because it was brought up..... > > Can Norton Ghost, run from a floppy be used to clone a FreeBSD disk? > > (SCSI -> SCSI) > > -Grant > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brown, Steve > To: Richard Rice ; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:31 PM > Subject: RE: Cloning > > > I clone Thinkpads all the time with G4L. I haven't used G4U but from what I gather it's what G4L is based on (either the code or the concept - not sure). > > You can clone everything including the recovery partition no problem. > > The only snag I've run into doing this is with some of the older systems that shipped with a 15 head hard disk. You can clone them all you want but it has to be to another 15 head disk. Same limitation applies regardless of the cloning software. > > I usually use an ftp server to store and retrieve the images but I've done it direct to the new drive via a USB enclosure also. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Richard Rice > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 11:09 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Cloning > > > Any ideas on cloning an IBM T60 Thinkpad with G4U (Ghost for You)? The > T60 comes with a recovery partition. First I killdisk the drive, > re-install Windows XP. Then I want to capture an image with G4U so that > I can clone other T60 machines. Is this possible with G4U? My present > imaging software, Imagecaster, fails. > > Richard I don't see why not, as long as you choose the partition option, then very carefully install the FreeBSD MBR a little bit later. Note the difference between DOS partitions (actually slices) and FreeBSD partitions. -Garrett
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