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xprezons - 2009-03-08

Hi,

Not sure if I am doing anything stupid, but I am unable to clone an LVM partition from another. Would appreciate some guidance.

Clonezilla version = 1.2.1-39

HD Layout:

hda1 (27 GB)   = Windows XP
hda2 (18 GB)   = FC 10 / on LVM
hda3 (300 MB) = FC 10 /boot
hda4 (2 GB)     = FC10 swap
hda5 (30 GB)   = Windows D:

Attempting to copy LVM on hda2 to hda5, then I can assign Windows D: to hda2.

I tried creating an image of hda2 on an external USB drive and restoring it to hda5. Prior to this, I had booted using Fedora installation media and changed hda5 to an LVM.

When I tried restoring the image to hda5, I opted not to touch the partition info as I simply wanted to copy hda2 across to hda5.

But got an error message 'Failed to restore partition image file /home/partimg/2009-03-08-17-img/hda5* to /dev/hda5. Maybe this image is corrupt'.

Now I know I didn't create an image of hda5, so how do I tell Clonezilla to restore the image of hda2 to hda5?

Thanks for any help.

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- Steven Shiau - 2009-03-09
  
  Sorry, this is the limitation of Clonezilla. It's possible you can rename the image name /home/partimg/2009-03-08-17-img/hda2 to /home/partimg/2009-03-08-17-img/hda5, and some corresponding files in /home/partimg/2009-03-08-17-img/ you also have to modify.
  ///NOTE/// This is hacking, it's not recommended if you are not know what you are doing. It's always a good idea to backup important data before you restore anything image.
  
  Steven.
  
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- xprezons - 2009-03-09
  
  Thanks for being my knight in shining armour, Steve.
  
  Could you please give me more details on files to modify or point me to a post that explains?
  
  All I want to do is clone hda5 from hda2. Is there an easier, less risky way to achieve this?
  
  Cheers.
  
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  - Steven Shiau - 2009-03-10
    
    xprezons,
    Maybe it's a good idea you send me a tarball of your image dir (Please exclude those large partition image files hda*).
    It would be easier for me to understand your partition and LVM layout.
    My email address: steven _at_ nchc org tw or jhshiau _at_ yahoo com.
    
    Steven.
    
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