[NMLUG] Using *nix to mirror NTFS partitions

[moegold2001 at yahoo.com (Moses Gold)]

ghost can transfer one partition onto another of equal or larger size during a
mirroring operation.  by 'above the filesystem' i meant that tar-ing and
gzip-ing the set of files on the partition, as opposed to wholesale duplication
of the partition, can present obstacles.  that's all.  i've used ghost to move
win2k before, and it seems to work.  


--- Anthony Martinez <pi@pihost.us> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 07:11:17PM -0700, Moses Gold 
> carved this out of pure phosphors:
> > 
> > I would want to copy the partition above the filesystem level; ie, sector
> for
> > sector transfer.  I've mostly used norton ghost in DOS for this, tho theres
> > some Linux programs that would work too.  Also, microsoft has available
> > something called sysprep thats meant to ready an OS partition for
> mirroring.
> > 
> > regards
> > moses
> > 
> 
> Hm. Above the filesystem level, you'd be restricted to an 8-gig partition,
> which
> is something i'm sure he doesn't really want. You might be able to do this..
> use
> "dd" to copy the raw partition around, then  use captive_ntfs's ntfsprogs, to
> resize the partition properly.
> 
> Also, sysprep removes the security identifiers and is more appropraiate for
> using Ghost to install the same image on multiple machines of the same
> configuration. It's not a general mirroring tool.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Mike Kruchoski <mikek@mrcabq.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Okay, okay, I know I'm a Linux weenie, but I have to ask someone if this
> is 
> > > possible.
> > > 
> > > Here's the situation: I have to run Win2K at work.  My old hard drive is
> a 
> > > mere 8GB, with only 800MB freespace left.  I want to mirror everything to
> a 
> > > new 120GB drive to avoid having to reinstall & configure Win2K and all my
> 
> > > apps.  The IT folks gave me Drive Image, which will supposedly do the job
> 
> > > easily.  Yeah, right!  After an entire afternoon fooling around with the 
> > > Windows-environment solution, I wondered if I can do it in Linux instead,
> 
> > > since I'm going to partition the new drive for dual-booting anyway.
> > > 
> > > Being a newbie, I thought I might be able to tar & gzip the old Win2K 
> > > partition (8GB) while in Linux, then reverse the process to transfer it
> all 
> > > to the already formatted NTFS partition on my new 120GB drive.
> > > 
> > > So, is it feasible?  stupid?  plagued by some unforeseen "gotcha's" 
> > > (possibly related to NTFS permissions, etc.)?  Has anyone done this 
> > > (successfully) before?
> > > 
> > > Thanks.  (No laughing, please....)
> > > 
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > >    Mike Kruchoski
> > >    Mission Research Corporation
> > >    Albuquerque, NM
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