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#1 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:40 AM

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:

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.

Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks!

#2 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:40 AM

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:
>
> 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.
>
> Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?
>
> Thanks!
>
try clonezilla http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/

#3 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:41 AM

On Aug 23, 5:54 pm, dylan <dylan.roeh...@gmail.com> 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:

Why don't you install a later version? Like Ubuntu 7.04?

#4 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:41 AM

On Sep 6, 10:29 am, AJackson <anders.jack...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 23, 5:54 pm, dylan <dylan.roeh...@gmail.com> 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:
>
> Why don't you install a later version? Like Ubuntu 7.04?

I'm not using a newer version because I need an LTS version.

#5 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:41 AM

On Sep 10, 4:07 pm, dylan <dylan.roeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 6, 10:29 am, AJackson <anders.jack...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 23, 5:54 pm, dylan <dylan.roeh...@gmail.com> 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:
>
> > Why don't you install a later version? Like Ubuntu 7.04?
>
> I'm not using a newer version because I need an LTS version.

Ok, that is a reason.

Anyway, you should not copy images between computers, you should make
your installation automatic.
It scale, and it is easier to make copies. And it isn't that much
slower.
Automatic installation also gives you documentation of your system.

I would sudgest you have a look at FAI, as it is a tool made for
Denian based OS:es, like Ubuntu.

http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.....php/Main_Page
http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/240
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplan...orials/5667/1/

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