<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [GLLUG] Dual-Boot Copy?</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText56008 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>One of the nice things about partimage is that it doesn't (as far as I can tell) care what partition you lay down your files to.  you can backup from an 9gb /dev/hda1 to a GZIP file, then restore to a blank and formatted 30gb /dev/hdb2 without any real problem.  There are howto's on the internet about how to backup and restore your partition table, boot sector, etc.  (If you have more than 4 partitions they may be extended and not show up in your first 512 bytes)</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV id=idSignature61867 dir=ltr> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <DIV><FONT size=2>Mark Lachniet<BR>Solutions Architect - Security<BR>Analysts International</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>3101 Technology Blvd. Suite A<BR>Lansing, MI 48910<BR>(517) 336-1004 (voice)<BR><A href="mailto:mlachniet@analysts.com">mailto:mlachniet@analysts.com</A><BR> </FONT> </DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><BR> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> linux-user-bounces@egr.msu.edu on behalf of Andy Lee<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 10/30/2007 2:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B> linux-user@egr.msu.edu; Michael George<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GLLUG] Dual-Boot Copy?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT size=2>>>> "Michael George" <george@idealso.com> 10/30/2007 1:53 PM >>><BR>True, I overlooked the Windoze partition bit.  That jimmies things up a<BR>bit...<BR><BR>partimage works great with ntfs partitions, and you shouldn't have any problem growing the partition after transfer with qtparted.<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>linux-user mailing list<BR>linux-user@egr.msu.edu<BR><A href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>