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From: Szakacsits S. <sz...@si...> - 2003-10-26 00:47:07
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Richard Russon wrote: > > Ok, here is the update > > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/status.html > > Excellent. > > > ntfsimage Started > > restorimage Started > > > Ian's tools but I don't now what happened with him ... In a Debian > > tool, chiark-utils ntfsimage is refered/used :-o > > I haven't seen any source for these tools and googling comes up empty > too. Unless Ian is reading this and steps in, I shall remove the > references. Ok, lets wait one week. I cc'd this email to Ian, hopefully there will be answer this time. ntfsclone: I've found a way how to create a sparse file from a pipe: ... | cp /proc/self/fd/0 sparse_file Woow! Above might be handy for someone since bzip2, gzip can't handle sparse files (i.e. they are just spending time writing zeros ad infinitum and fill the disk space needlessly). So more efficiently (than dd) replicating a volume via network can be done also as ntfsclone -o - /device | ssh -C host 'cat | cp /proc/self/fd/0 clone_file' Well, it's far away to be the most efficient way (Ian's ntfsimage) but at least it can be done ... The Mondo (http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/) developers are also interested in NTFS suppport. Mondo is a popular GPL'd backup/rescue tool. Now they use a hacked PartImage, in what both Ian and me had doubt to be reliable, also lacking features (e.g. handling special cases). Well, it is labelled experimented .. If Ian would turn up I guess they could use ntfsimage/restoreimage. If not then ntfsclone could be enhanced to support what Ian's ntfsimage does. Probably by using libtar: http://www-dev.cites.uiuc.edu/libtar/ I really don't want to reinvent a new image format. Szaka |
