Re: [cobalt-users] Norton Ghost and Coping Hard drive

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I didn't use Ghost for like two years now, but IIRC it has two copying
options: partition->partition and disk->disk (and to LPT and other stuff,
but who uses that? :))

anyways, if'll just do a DISK copy that would work - because it'll make
them both identical. the target drive should be at the same size or bigger
than the source.

it takes much more time that way, but it's a perfect copy...

  Best regards,
     shimi [mailto:shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]


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On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 flash22@xxxxxxx wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, chefcool wrote:
> 
> > I succsefully copied a RAQ3 hard disk using Norton
> > Ghost. However when I try to boot the disk I get a
> > "Kernel Panic: No init found" message.
> > I checked the hard disk's files and everything seems
> > in order and all the files present.
> 
> This is sometimes a hint you are mounting the wrong partition as root,
> make sure they are in *exactlly* the same order they were on the old
> drive, during boot, the kernel identifies the root partition only by what
> partition number it is...
> 
> I'd seen folks have problems using ghost with linux btw, you do have to
> help it a bit...
> 
> >  Anyone give me some tips on using Norton Ghost to
> > make an image of the hard disk that will boot?
> > Does it have something to do with MBR record? I read
> > some other posts in the archives that show success
> 
> It's generally better to use linux to make linux disks ;0
> If you are making an exact image of the whole disk you won't have a
>  problem, but this assumes it's the same size,(and that the new disk has
> no bad sectors, since you aren't generating a flaw map)  otherwise you
> have to get the partitions right, and the
> boot flag, and the order....
> 
> Personally , i'd use a boot/tool floppy, boot linux from it, and
> create/copy the disk from there using standard tools...
> 
> gsh
> 
> 
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