Hi, i not use linux for a while , but anyway i dont know to much about it, then the facts:
- i want to create an image from my primary partition in witch i have installed WindowsXP and other programs, so i can restore when my system crash. Someone please tell me how i can do this, i tryed using an USB-flash memory and maken bootable run OK but i have some problems:
when clonezlla start in the main menu i select "clonezilla live"
then in the next menu i select "start clonezilla", now i have the problem,
in the next menu i select "enter line shell"(so i can mount sda10, the partition in whitch i want
to save the image, in /home/partimag) and nothing is happen, the shell
dont appear all i see is a new menu in witch i select "save parts" option
but when i select the option nothing happen again it show me the same menu again and again
is the same if i select "exit" option.
then i press cntrl+alt+f2 and enter the shell, type "sudo su -" then "cd live_media" then i make this:
touch info.parts.txt
cat /proc/partitions>info.parts.txt
this is my partition info:
major minor #blocks name
8 0 244198584 sda
8 1 10249438 sda1 <- this partition contains windowsXP (that the one that i want to image)
8 2 1 sda2
8 5 1028128 sda5
8 6 19454683 sda6
8 7 71681998 sda7 <- linux OS (i use SuSe :) )
8 8 51207156 sda8 <-some personal info
8 9 79312873 sda9 <-some personal info
8 10 11261533 sda10 <- in here i want to save the image
8 16 31488 sdb
8 48 124160 sdd <- i think this is my usb-flash memory
8 49 124129 sdd1
7 0 66484 loop0
now finally the questions.
- why i have those problems whit the menu?
- How can i create an image of the partition sda1 and restore later whitout modify the partition table
(i want to create and restore an image from sda1 only)? , all my personal info is safe?, windows will
boot normally?
- i've been use norton ghost because i can use the images whit VMplayer of VMware there is some way
that i can do this whit clonezilla or another software to work in virtual enviroment using images that
has been created whit clonezilla?
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About your questions,
1. Did you try to use "space" to mark the action you want ?
I think we'd better to change the dialog behavior in the future. Make it more be more straightforward.
2. Just follow the wizard to do that. In your case, try to choose partition saving, and when you restore it, REMEMBER to choose NOT to run sfdisk (create partition) again. Although if you run it again, if the partition table is the same, that won't affect your disk. "Normally" your other partitions are safe and M$ windows will boot normally.
3. You can use clonezilla in vmware, qemu or KVM, etc.
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Hi, i not use linux for a while , but anyway i dont know to much about it, then the facts:
- i want to create an image from my primary partition in witch i have installed WindowsXP and other programs, so i can restore when my system crash. Someone please tell me how i can do this, i tryed using an USB-flash memory and maken bootable run OK but i have some problems:
when clonezlla start in the main menu i select "clonezilla live"
then in the next menu i select "start clonezilla", now i have the problem,
in the next menu i select "enter line shell"(so i can mount sda10, the partition in whitch i want
to save the image, in /home/partimag) and nothing is happen, the shell
dont appear all i see is a new menu in witch i select "save parts" option
but when i select the option nothing happen again it show me the same menu again and again
is the same if i select "exit" option.
then i press cntrl+alt+f2 and enter the shell, type "sudo su -" then "cd live_media" then i make this:
touch info.parts.txt
cat /proc/partitions>info.parts.txt
this is my partition info:
major minor #blocks name
8 0 244198584 sda
8 1 10249438 sda1 <- this partition contains windowsXP (that the one that i want to image)
8 2 1 sda2
8 5 1028128 sda5
8 6 19454683 sda6
8 7 71681998 sda7 <- linux OS (i use SuSe :) )
8 8 51207156 sda8 <-some personal info
8 9 79312873 sda9 <-some personal info
8 10 11261533 sda10 <- in here i want to save the image
8 16 31488 sdb
8 48 124160 sdd <- i think this is my usb-flash memory
8 49 124129 sdd1
7 0 66484 loop0
now finally the questions.
- why i have those problems whit the menu?
- How can i create an image of the partition sda1 and restore later whitout modify the partition table
(i want to create and restore an image from sda1 only)? , all my personal info is safe?, windows will
boot normally?
- i've been use norton ghost because i can use the images whit VMplayer of VMware there is some way
that i can do this whit clonezilla or another software to work in virtual enviroment using images that
has been created whit clonezilla?
About your questions,
1. Did you try to use "space" to mark the action you want ?
I think we'd better to change the dialog behavior in the future. Make it more be more straightforward.
2. Just follow the wizard to do that. In your case, try to choose partition saving, and when you restore it, REMEMBER to choose NOT to run sfdisk (create partition) again. Although if you run it again, if the partition table is the same, that won't affect your disk. "Normally" your other partitions are safe and M$ windows will boot normally.
3. You can use clonezilla in vmware, qemu or KVM, etc.
thank's Steven, that was very helpful; just for be sure,
"NOT to run sfdisk " is an option of clonezilla menu?
Yes, it's "-k" when it's shown in advanced extra parameters.