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[Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?

[Uriel A. <ams...@ya...>]

Hi I am looking to create an image backup of my system to a DVD. However, suppose that the ISO won't fit on the DVD.

(1) What software do I use to break up the ISO? (ex: tar) Or can Clonezilla do this for me via some wizard?
(2) Can Clonezilla restore from spanned media? Or do I need to first rejoin the spanned pieces?

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?

[Steve P. <ste...@gm...>]

Uriel,

What about considering making a bootable USB flash drive and loading the image onto it?

Steve
On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Uriel Avalos wrote:

> Hi I am looking to create an image backup of my system to a DVD. However, suppose that the ISO won't fit on the DVD.
> 
> (1) What software do I use to break up the ISO? (ex: tar) Or can Clonezilla do this for me via some wizard?
> (2) Can Clonezilla restore from spanned media? Or do I need to first rejoin the spanned pieces?
> 
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?

[Uriel A. <ams...@ya...>]

Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I had considered that but it does not seem to be practical in my case. I'll probably be backing up a clean Win XP install (with programs), so I'll need what ...6GBs? A 6GB USB drive runs at $20 + shipping. $20+ vs 2 or 3 blank DVDs ... the blank DVDs win :-) 

So back to my original questions... See below...

Another alternative is to use networking --- copy the image to my netbook. That's possible right? The only catch is that it uses NTFS partitions *and* I encrypted the drive... still possible?

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:22:31 -0800
Steve Poe <ste...@gm...> wrote:

> Uriel,
> 
> What about considering making a bootable USB flash drive and loading the image onto it?
> 
> Steve
> On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Uriel Avalos wrote:
> 
> > Hi I am looking to create an image backup of my system to a DVD. However, suppose that the ISO won't fit on the DVD.
> > 
> > (1) What software do I use to break up the ISO? (ex: tar) Or can Clonezilla do this for me via some wizard?
> > (2) Can Clonezilla restore from spanned media? Or do I need to first rejoin the spanned pieces?
> > 
> > -- 
> > --Thanks!
> > Uriel
> > 
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?

[Les M. <les...@gm...>]

Uriel Avalos wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I had considered that but it does not seem to be practical in my case. I'll probably be backing up a clean Win XP install (with programs), so I'll need what ...6GBs? A 6GB USB drive runs at $20 + shipping. $20+ vs 2 or 3 blank DVDs ... the blank DVDs win :-)

But a USB drive is reusable and a handy thing to keep around.  Used 
DVD's, not so much.

> So back to my original questions... See below...
> 
> Another alternative is to use networking --- copy the image to my netbook. That's possible right? The only catch is that it uses NTFS partitions *and* I encrypted the drive... still possible?

Yes, just share a directory where you can store images.  The livecd boot 
will give you a chance to connect to remote storage via nfs, ssh, or 
windows file sharing.  You may have to hand configure IP addresses if 
you can't plug the systems into a DHCP-managed network, though.

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?

[Shameem A. <sha...@ya...>]

i Suggest ssh or nfs.

Do you have a linux machine with 10 GB free space ?

Shameem

--- On Sat, 12/19/09, Uriel Avalos <ams...@ya...> wrote:

> From: Uriel Avalos <ams...@ya...>
> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?
> To: clo...@li...
> Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 3:00 AM
> Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I had
> considered that but it does not seem to be practical in my
> case. I'll probably be backing up a clean Win XP install
> (with programs), so I'll need what ...6GBs? A 6GB USB drive
> runs at $20 + shipping. $20+ vs 2 or 3 blank DVDs ... the
> blank DVDs win :-) 
> 
> So back to my original questions... See below...
> 
> Another alternative is to use networking --- copy the image
> to my netbook. That's possible right? The only catch is that
> it uses NTFS partitions *and* I encrypted the drive... still
> possible?
> 
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:22:31 -0800
> Steve Poe <ste...@gm...>
> wrote:
> 
> > Uriel,
> > 
> > What about considering making a bootable USB flash
> drive and loading the image onto it?
> > 
> > Steve
> > On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Uriel Avalos wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi I am looking to create an image backup of my
> system to a DVD. However, suppose that the ISO won't fit on
> the DVD.
> > > 
> > > (1) What software do I use to break up the ISO?
> (ex: tar) Or can Clonezilla do this for me via some wizard?
> > > (2) Can Clonezilla restore from spanned media? Or
> do I need to first rejoin the spanned pieces?
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > --Thanks!
> > > Uriel
> > > 
> > >
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> 
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Uriel Avalos wrote:
> Hi I am looking to create an image backup of my system to a DVD. However, suppose that the ISO won't fit on the DVD.
>
> (1) What software do I use to break up the ISO? (ex: tar) Or can Clonezilla do this for me via some wizard?
> (2) Can Clonezilla restore from spanned media? Or do I need to first rejoin the spanned pieces?
>   
This is still a limitation for Clonezilla, i.e. it can not handle 
spanned DVDs, and yes, you have to first rejoin the spanned pieces.

Steven.

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?

[Uriel A. <ams...@ya...>]

Thanks all for the replies. While I don't have an external USB drive, I do have an XP netbook. I was able to make a backup of my Vista laptop in a few minutes via Samba in Clonezilla. The process was surpringly painless and easy. It was also fast! (I believe under a half an hour or better for a 10 GB backup.) I used a crossover ethernet cable to connect the two laptops then enabled internet connection sharing on the netbook. For some reason, DCHP didn't work so I had to use static IPs. 

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:49:44 -0600
Les Mikesell <les...@gm...> wrote:

> Did you miss where I said that would work?
> 
> Uriel Avalos wrote:
> > What's with making me buy a USB drive? Last I recall, Linux and open source is about choice ... 
> > Sheesh ... let's try to stick to the topic. Digging around the docs, yes it seems that I can backup to my netbook via Samba...
> > 
> > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:05:37 -0600
> > Les Mikesell <les...@gm...> wrote:
> > 
> >> Uriel Avalos wrote:
> >>> Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I had considered that but it does not seem to be practical in my case. I'll probably be backing up a clean Win XP install (with programs), so I'll need what ...6GBs? A 6GB USB drive runs at $20 + shipping. $20+ vs 2 or 3 blank DVDs ... the blank DVDs win :-)
> >> But a USB drive is reusable and a handy thing to keep around.  Used 
> >> DVD's, not so much.
> >>
> >>> So back to my original questions... See below...
> >>>
> >>> Another alternative is to use networking --- copy the image to my netbook. That's possible right? The only catch is that it uses NTFS partitions *and* I encrypted the drive... still possible?
> >> Yes, just share a directory where you can store images.  The livecd boot 
> >> will give you a chance to connect to remote storage via nfs, ssh, or 
> >> windows file sharing.  You may have to hand configure IP addresses if 
> >> you can't plug the systems into a DHCP-managed network, though.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >>    Les Mikesell
> >>     les...@gm...
> >>
> > 
> > 
> 


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