On 02/16/2012 09:44 AM, Chris Schanzle wrote:
> 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.
>

Hi Chris,

Did not realize they (partimage) had a home page.  That is what
I get for downloading and installing the thing so I could read
the "man page" (RTFM), which makes no mention of unused space.


http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page

        Partimage will only copy data from the used portions
        of the partition. (This is why it only works for
        supported filesystem). For speed and efficiency, free
        blocks are not written to the image file.

Very cool.  Thank you!

-T

Just Google It!  The new RTFM.  :-)