Clone disks

[Joe Bielli]

I have had no problems in the past using Ghost to clone linux drives.
Ghost detects the partitions as type '[83] linux'. The only problem I've
noticed recently is that Grub (included in RH7.2) will not boot on a
ghosted drive. Better stick with lilo. You might want to upgrade your
ghost.

Joe Bielli
Software Development
Computer SOS, Inc.
1505 Cleveland Drive
Williamsville, NY 14225


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
Cyber Source
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:22 AM
To: nflug at nflug.org
Subject: RE: Clone disks

I would also LOVE to hear about this one, since Ghost and the typical
disk
manufacturer's software do not recognize Linux partitions. Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org]On Behalf Of
[Darth] Snowbeam
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:02 AM
To: Niagara Frontier Linux Users Group
Subject: Clone disks



Hi all, something I would love to see discussed here are clone disks. I
am
looking for the pros and cons of using clone disks. I actually want a
better understanding of them. Over the last couple of months, I have
found
I now have some extra disks lying around that could be used as alternate
boot sources should something happen to my primary disk. Some of my
queries are:

- Solaris allows for clone disks and alternate disk boot up. Does Linux?
- Can clone disks be a form of back up? By this I mean, can a clone of
  your primary disk and partitions be made on a daily basis?

Usually I would go out an ddo the research myself, but as it's something
that just came up, I thought I would pose my questions here as part of
such research. Thanks for any info anyone can offer.

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- [Darth] Snowbeam

"It is not fear that keeps the elephant wary of the mouse, it is his
wisdom that reminds him not to underestimate his opponent" -me