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On 02/05/06, Teresa and Dale <teendale@×××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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> >They're both free and should do the job you want. Personally, I use Knoppix |
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> >and partimage, but there are other linux tools (down to the relatively basic |
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> >dd command) which should do the trick on a VFAT partition. |
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> Crap, I forgot and used NTFS on the thing. < sighs > I wonder if the |
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> newer kernel will write safely yet???? |
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Sorry, I didn't explain it appropriately. Partimage works fine (after |
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a you thoroughly defragment an NTFS partition) and will create a nice |
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compressed or uncompressed OS image file which can be saved: |
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1) on CD's/DVD; |
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2) on another computer over the network; |
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3) on another partition on the same machine - the latter cannot be NTFS. |
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So, you should have no problem trying it out. After you defragment |
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your NTFS partition, use gparted (it also comes on LiveCD) to shrink |
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it and create a new VFAT, ext2, etc. partition on the same disk to |
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save the image in. Of course, if the disk decides to pack up . . . |
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you better have those duplicate CD's handy! ;-) |
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Note: Should you decide to use a VFAT partition beware of its maximum |
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file size limit. Use the Partimage slicing feature to save the image |
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into smaller multiple files. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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