Re: [Clonezilla-live] clone usb drive on disk partition

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

stefano ppp wrote:
> I all, I come from an hard debian intallation on external usb hard 
> disk, and I wanna clone the usb disk content to avoid redoing further 
> installation...
> On my locale hd I have windows vista , partitions hda0 (SO)  and  
> hda1(recovery), while on my usb hd I have lenny in partition sdb1 and 
> sdb5(swap).
> I have read the sample from the site but there are some things not 
> clears and that  I would understand before committing mistakes.
> 1. Can I clone the Usb drive? (in the example only locale drive are 
> mentioned)
When you mentioned "clone", did you mean save the USB disk as an image ?
If so, yes, you can.

> 2. Can I save the clone image in  vista partition (hda0)? If so, can I 
> be sure windows data are not overwritten?
Yes, you can. By mounting the hda0 as /home/partimag, you can save your 
USB disk as image file. It won't overwrite your Vista data.

//NOTE// It's recommended to backup important data before you do 
anything. Just in case.

Steven.
> thanks all
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