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DRBL : resize partition after clone

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kudzou
2008-05-14
2012-12-12
  • kudzou

    kudzou - 2008-05-14

    Hello,
    I'm french and thank you for your product.

    Hi,

    I use DRBL since 3 months now.

    Problem : I create an image from a computer for restoring four computer. But hard disk are different. 40 Go, 60 GO and 250 Go.
      Now I have create an image with C: 30 go and D: 4 go
      after the restoring, i use gparted to extend D: (10go or 30 Go or 220 Go)

    DRBL can execute gparted after clone automatically ? (option -o1)
      how do I proceed?
      Do you have an other solution ?

      I tried the option -r but error.

    Thanks in advance for your help !

     
    • Steven Shiau

      Steven Shiau - 2008-05-14

      We happened to address this issue recently, and a testing DRBL was released recently. With "-k1" option in Clonezilla, you will be able to clone a small disk to larger one with partition size increased proportionally.
      Maybe you can give testing DRBL a try, and when you use "dcs" to use Clonezilla to restore image, remember to choose "-k1" for your case.
      Please let us know your results.
      Thanks in advance.

       
    • kudzou

      kudzou - 2008-05-15

      --------------------------------------------------
      Company : 1000 people
      Computers : 500 (30 linux Centos 64/32bit-470 WXP/W2K)
      DRBL 1.8.2-51 on Kubuntu 7.10 (vmware server undo WXPSP2)
      ----------------------------------------------------

      Thanks for that!
      but
      I don't have option "-k1"

      I do setup DRBL 1.8.2-63 ?

      Do you have a command to update DRBL easely ?(apt-get upgrade ?)

      Other BUG : DRBL 1.8.2-51
      When i launch dcs, I check an option, I have two choice : Accepter - Annuler , if I check Annuler the software run as if I don't check this option and go to the next step. It should be stop ?

      Other BUG : DRBL 1.8.2-51
      When I use an USB keyboard and I launch dcs, several touch do an error.

      Thanks in advance for your help ! 

       
      • Steven Shiau

        Steven Shiau - 2008-05-15

        Did you follow
        http://drbl.sourceforge.net/one4all/#Setup_the_Diskless_Remote_boot_in
        to setup your /etc/apt/sources.list with drbl testing repository ?
        i.e. use:
        deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/drbl-core drbl stable testing
        If so, the installed drbl is 1.8.3-18 and clonezilla is 2.2.5-13, then you will see "-k1" when you restore an image to disk.

         
    • Thomas Heien

      Thomas Heien - 2008-05-16

      I haven't tried using it with a DRBL server yet, but I've been using the reloc-img script included with the Clonezilla-SysRescCD on my Universal Custom XP image. The only problem I've seen with doing it this way is you have to have only one parition you are copying over. The new -k1 option sounds great though, I might have to give it a try.

       
      • Steven Shiau

        Steven Shiau - 2008-05-17

        Thomas,
        Yes, if you have a chance, please give -k1 a try (the version in testing/experimental Clonezilla live now, i.e. 1.0.11-19/20080511-hardy or later), then tell us the results.
        Thanks in advance.

         

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