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From: Szakacsits S. <sz...@si...> - 2003-08-22 06:01:36
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On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 dk...@gm... wrote: > my problems, > following your installation orders: > I downloaded the 2 RPM packages. > > ntfsprogs-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm > ntfsprogs-devel-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm > > but I didn't know how to get the ntfsclone tool out of it. I installed > the packages by using the rpm -i command. After that I couldn't find a > tool named ntfsclone on my computer. OK, it's my and Anton's fault. You need this source package http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/snapshots/ntfsprogs-devel-200307311516.tar.bz2 The ntfsprogs-devel-1.7.1-1.i386.rpm is for ntfs development using ntfsprogs-1.7.1. What I recommended is the current ntfsprogs development version. I suggested Anton to use the name ntfsprogs-development to avoid this naming conflict but unfortunatley he ignored it. Sorry I didn't point this out to you before. You should be able to compile the source this way, ./configure make install cd ntfsprogs make ntfsclone [and the binary is in ".libs" directory] Alternatively [other people also asked for it], I put a statically linked ntfsclone binary at http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsclone.gz Type ntfsclone --help for usage. You can make a clone by, ntfsclone --output nfts-backup.img <partition> Restoring (one must restore to the same partition from where the backup was taken) ntfsclone --overwrite <partition> nfts-backup.img the fastest way to make a compressed backup is, ntfsclone -o nfts-backup.img <partition> tar Sjcf nfts-backup.img.tar.bz2 nfts-backup.img The 'S' option is very important for 'tar', both during packing and unpacking later on. Szaka |
