On 02/14/2012 06:48 PM, Kevin Thomas wrote:
> Yes I have used the disk to image option before so I could save the
> image on an external drive as a file. It worked well. You can save
> space by using compression and I believe it gives you an option on how
> much you want to compress it. I believe it can write the image to
> ntfs, ext3, or ext4.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 19:54, Todd And Margo Chester
> <[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
>> On 02/14/2012 05:23 PM, Kevin Thomas wrote:
>>> Clonezilla has worked well for me in the past.
>>
>> I have used Clonzilla from the downloadable ISO at their web site
>> quite frequently with good results.
>>
>> It looks like I really should make the clone backup with the
>> Clonezilla bootable disk, not from a partition with Fedora Code 16
>> installed on it.
>>
>> Question: I have always done disk to disk.  Have you used the
>> "device to image" option?
>>
>> Sound like it just creates a big file on your target drive.
>> Does it reduce size by dropping unused space?
>>
>> What type of partition does it want to write the image too?
>> Ext4? NTFS?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>

Thank you!