Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring images on disks with different geometry

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

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Yes, it can be done, but you might will have this problem:
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/index.php#path=./2_System&entry=23_Missing_OS.faq

Good luck.
Steven.

Omar Estrada wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have some test machines which we use to perform tests on clean systems.
> The idea is to create images of just-installed Windows and Linux systems,
> create an image, work with them, and later, when required, restore the
> just-installed image. However, the machines have disks with different
> geometry.
> I would like to know if it is possible to restore a partition/disk image on
> another disk. For example, suppose that a disk has the following
> configuration:
> 
> CONFIGURATION 1
> 
> Disk size: 80 GB
> Boot loader: GRUB
> Partition 1 (primary, 15 GB, bootable): Windows XP
> Partition 2 (extended, 65 GB)
> Partition 3 (logical, 15 GB): Linux
> Partition 4 (logical, 5 GB): Windows Vista
> Partition 5 (logical, 15 GB): Empty/unused
> (Unallocated space 30 GB)
> 
> Suppose also that I create images of each partition.
> 
> Would it be possible to restore the image of partition 1 (WinXP) on a disk
> with a different geometry (but with the same partition layout)? What about
> restoring the whole disk image? Should I need to tweak the stored MBR?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Omar Estrada
> 
> 
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