Just curious, would this work (assuming ide drives and same hardware on both boxes)... as root: fdisk -l /dev/hda boot the redhat first cd (or boot floppy) and run fdisk creating the same partitions as listed in the fdisk command above. format ext3, mkswap, etc. Install this drive on the original Linux box as /dev/hdc primary ide2. then: cat /dev/hda /dev/hdc There is a way to dump the partition table out to a file then install it on the other drive, but I'm not sure. You would still have to create a file system though. I'm not sure if /dev/hdc has to be mounted or not - or if any of this will actually work? jay Rogelio Bazán Reyes said: > the rescue must be done with the installation cd? > Because i tried to do this, but the problem is that not at all of the > partitions are recognized by linux since the extended partition was > altered during the cloning...i mean, the start block is the same than > the end block....and all of the partition within the extended are not > recognized by linux. > I tried, too, to redefine all the partitions according to the original > partition table, but it doesn´t work because some partiitions were > corrupt. > I will go on testing rescueing my linux. > if you have other ideas....email me please! > thanx > > Ng Chin Leong wrote: > >>I have been using Norton Ghost 2003 to clone my linux machine. So far it >>works successfully, but you gotto do a linux rescue after that. >> >>On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 08:14, Rogelio Bazán Reyes wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, i have to install 600 servers around Mexico with the same >>>installation, i mean, they just must differ in the hostname, network >>>configuration (ip, mask and gateway) and the data in the database. >>>I have done the same with Windows Servers using ghost software to >>>cloning the master hard disk on all the machines. >>>When i tried to clone a Linux Red Hat 9 disk with 13 partitions, i found >>>that the partition table was altered by ghost, generating panic to the >>>kernel. >>>I already know that this can be possible with dd, but i´m looking for >>> an >>>alternate solution to test, because the people who will clone the disks >>>dont know Linux at all, and they know ghost. >>>Do you know some about this? or Does anybody experienced something like >>>this? >>> >>>thanx >>> >>>-- >>>---------------------------------- >>>Rogelio Bazán Reyes >>>Grupo Financiero Santander SerfÃn >>>Soporte Técnico >>>Tlalpan 3016. Col Espartaco >>>C.P. 04870 >>>D.F., México >>>Tel. +52 +55 51741100 ext.19321 >>>+52 +55 51741953 >>>---------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- > ---------------------------------- > Rogelio Bazán Reyes > Grupo Financiero Santander SerfÃn > Soporte Técnico > Tlalpan 3016. Col Espartaco > C.P. 04870 > D.F., México > Tel. +52 +55 51741100 ext.19321 > +52 +55 51741953 > ---------------------------------- > > -- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
