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

[Omar E. <oma...@as...>]

Steven,

Thanks for your suggestion, but I still couldn't make it work.

I restored the image using both dd and sfdisk. After that, I rebooted =
the
computer and, on the first try, the operating system (Windows) tried to
boot, but then and without notice, the computer reset. On the second and
subsequent tries, it appeared a screen saying that Windows couldn't load =
on
a previous attempt and it prompted me to select a mode to boot (safe, =
net,
normal, etc.); if I selected Safe Mode, it started booting up but then =
reset
again.

This is the configuration of the computers (disk geometries as reported =
by
FDISK):

SOURCE COMPUTER
Disk: 80000/16/63 (CHS) LBA
Partitions:
- hda1: primary, bootable, NTFS, WinXP, cyls. 1-40635
- hda2: primary, NTFS, empty, cyls. 40636-60636

DESTINATION COMPUTER
Disk: 77545/16/63 (CHS) LBA

Notice that even though the size of the destination disk is slightly =
smaller
than the source one, the partitions should fit in the destination disk.

I would appreciate if somebody could give a hint on what to try next.

Thanks,

Omar Estrada

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Shiau [mailto:st...@nc...]=20
Sent: Mi=E9rcoles, 25 de Abril de 2007 11:55 a.m.
To: Omar Estrada
Cc: clo...@li...
Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring images on disks with different
geometry

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Yes, it can be done, but you might will have this problem:
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/index.php#path=3D./2_System&entry=3D23_Mi=
ssing_O
S.faq

Good luck.
Steven.

Omar Estrada wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> 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:
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> CONFIGURATION 1
>=20
> 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)
>=20
> Suppose also that I create images of each partition.
>=20
> 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?
>=20
> Kind regards,
>=20
> Omar Estrada
>=20
>=20
> =
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Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org>
National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
http://www.nchc.org.tw
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