[CLUE-Tech] Poor man's Ghost?

[Joe Linux]

It would be nice if old f**ts like me could get some hands on lessons on 
stuff like this at a future install/learning fest.

David Willson wrote:

>The programs you want are 'partimage' and 'parted', preferably run from
>a recent Knoppix CD.  I've done what you want to do about a dozen times,
>though only once with the resizing that I assume you will want.
>
>Here's da process:
>1. Boot the reference system from KNOPPIX.
>2. Mount a writable network resource.
>3. Use 'partimage' to backup the source partition to the mounted
>resource.
>4. Boot the destination system from a Win98 EBD, a GeekDisk (TM), or
>KNOPPIX.
>5. Create a primary DOS partition as nearly identical to the source
>partition as possible, a few MB bigger won't hurt, but a few MB smaller
>might.  Pay strict attention to the Active flag!  It ~must~ be thrown,
>or you'll get unexpected results.
>6. Boot from KNOPPIX
>7. Mount the network resource.
>8. Restore the image to the new partition using 'partimage'.
>7. Use 'parted' to expand the partition to the desired size.
>8. Reboot from the hard-drive.
>
>Easiest part to screw up is the creation of the new partition.  It has
>to be active, same or larger, and primary.
>
>On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 14:34, Matt Gushee wrote:
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>>I'm wondering if it is feasible, using some Linux distribution or 
>>other on a floppy or two or three, to:
>>
>>  1. Boot up a machine and connect it to a LAN;
>>  2. Mount a network drive; and
>>  3. Create an image of a local partition on the network drive
>>      i.e., something like:
>>
>>        $ dd if=/dev/hda of=/network/drive/hda1.img
>>
>>In case you're curious why, I want to copy my wife's Win98 system to 
>>a new hard disk. The machine is a laptop, so we can't readily install 
>>another HD alongside the existing one. And we have the product 
>>recovery CD, but it's not bootable, and the boot floppy seems to be 
>>in a box in her parents' barn in northern Japan.
>>
>>Has anyone done something like this?
>>  
>>-- 
>>Matt Gushee
>>Englewood, CO USA
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