01-19-2008, 08:40 AM
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 Re: using partimage to image to another machine
dylan wrote:
> I've got an Ubuntu 6.06.1 setup that I'm trying to image onto another
> machine with identical hardware. I was able to take an image of the
> machine no problem but can't restore it to another machine. I'm using
> SystemRescueCD, and I'm having a hard time getting partimage to see my
> partitions. I've tried the following:
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> creating new partitions using fdisk - partimage does not see the
> partitions at all. when I run partimage, at the top where the
> partitions are supposed to be, there is nothing.
>
> creating new partitions using parted then setting one partition to
> be the boot partition using fdisk - partimage sees the partitions,
> images the partition, but then the machine doesn't boot
>
> copying the mbr from the source - dd if=/dev/cciss/c0d0 of=backup-
> cciss.mbr count=1 bs=512; dd if=backup-cciss.mbr of=/dev/cciss/c0d0 -
> doing this, fdisk sees the partitions, but diskpart does not.
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> Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?
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> Thanks!
>
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