Hello.
Another simple question I hope.
If this is clearly answered somewhere that I have overlooked please direct me to this answer.
I ran CZ for the first time on a NTFS C partition that was 20 G in size but only 4g used.
I saved the image to E drive.
I had expected to see one file.
When I look at the E drive and the directory where the image is saved I see two large image files and 5 small files.
hda1.ntfs-img.aa 2gig
hda1.ntfs-img.ab 1.2Gig
hda-chs.sf 1k
hda-mbr 1k
hda-pt.parted 1k
hda-pt.sf 1k
parts 1k
What are the ima.aa and img.ab?
Is one compressed and the other not?
Do I need to save both or just one for when I re-image a partition?
What are the 5 small files?
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Both hda1.ntfs-img.aa and hda1.ntfs-img.ab are all compressed image file. They are split when larger then 2 GB.
When restoring, they will be uncompressed and merged as a single image.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
hda-chs.sf: The Cylinder, head, sector for hda.
hda-mbr: The MBR of hda
hda-pt.parted: The partition table output by parted.
hda-pt.sf: The partition table output by sfdisk.
parts: The partition lists.
Basically these files are required for Clonezilla when it tries to create a partition table, restore MBR... For more details, you might check the clonezilla source codes.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Hello.
Another simple question I hope.
If this is clearly answered somewhere that I have overlooked please direct me to this answer.
I ran CZ for the first time on a NTFS C partition that was 20 G in size but only 4g used.
I saved the image to E drive.
I had expected to see one file.
When I look at the E drive and the directory where the image is saved I see two large image files and 5 small files.
hda1.ntfs-img.aa 2gig
hda1.ntfs-img.ab 1.2Gig
hda-chs.sf 1k
hda-mbr 1k
hda-pt.parted 1k
hda-pt.sf 1k
parts 1k
What are the ima.aa and img.ab?
Is one compressed and the other not?
Do I need to save both or just one for when I re-image a partition?
What are the 5 small files?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Both hda1.ntfs-img.aa and hda1.ntfs-img.ab are all compressed image file. They are split when larger then 2 GB.
When restoring, they will be uncompressed and merged as a single image.
Thank for the info about the big files.
What are the five files?
How are they used when doing a restore?
hda-chs.sf: The Cylinder, head, sector for hda.
hda-mbr: The MBR of hda
hda-pt.parted: The partition table output by parted.
hda-pt.sf: The partition table output by sfdisk.
parts: The partition lists.
Basically these files are required for Clonezilla when it tries to create a partition table, restore MBR... For more details, you might check the clonezilla source codes.