On 02/16/2012 12:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
> On 02/15/2012 08:21 AM, Chris Schanzle wrote:
>> On 02/14/2012 08:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
>>> Question: what do you think would be the easiest way to
>>> clone the NTFS partition: "dd", "Clonzilla"? Your
>>> thoughts appreciated.
>>
>> I've had good luck with partimage from the system rescue cd. Seemed
>> simpler than clonezilla, at least it was to me some time back.
>> Scriptable too. Per clonzilla's home page, Clonezilla uses Partclone
>> (default) or Partimage to make backups.
>>
>> In my script, it boils down to:
>>
>> partimage --batch --compress=0 --nodesc --finish=3 --volume=0 save $part
>> ${part##*/}-$today.partimg
>>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> Do you know if the above drops empty space from the image?
>
> -T


Come on people, do some basic research before bothering others.

google partimage.  first hit is project home page.  read the 4th paragraph in bold text.