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How to clone a Linux Partition

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2canSAM

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Ok I have been dual booting my laptop with Windows XP and Ubuntu for a few weeks. Right now my drive is partitioned as below.

30GB Windows XP
28GB Ubuntu
2GB SWAP
15GB Documents and such SHARED

I want to dump windows all together and go all linux all the time. I came across these results but wanted to know if there is anything to be concerned about.

http://linux.ittoolbox.com/gro...d-disk-cloning-1130312

Thanks in advance
 
Echo Acronis True Image. The key to cloning is to have it create what is called bootable Rescue Media (full version.) This allows you to clone drives by booting to the CDR, and it is then OS independent - and it has in fact, a Linux based GUI that is much nicer and easier to use than trying to clone from within the system OS.

Version 11 is just out - still a bit buggy, but it clones Vista perfectly. It should have no problem with Linux.
 
I am just wondering about doing it in Ubuntu. I think it is a big headache to do anything with Linux. I was even didn't know about apt-get methods. Later I have found that UBUNTU is much much better than XP. Anyhow this is a good tip.
 
Originally posted by: KingTech
I am just wondering about doing it in Ubuntu. I think it is a big headache to do anything with Linux. I was even didn't know about apt-get methods. Later I have found that UBUNTU is much much better than XP. Anyhow this is a good tip.
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I felt the same way about linux when I first started messing around, the first time I installed software I was like "what the heck, apt-get blah, blah, this is stupid, I just wanna double click on an install and go." The it hit me. The last App I installed on windows required dot.net, no problem as the proggy gave me a nice little link to download it. Went through that only to run the install again and be told now I needed .net 1.1, but wait you just had me install .net 2.0. So I go out an find .net 1.1. Install, great now back to my original proggy install, another error. I need .net 1.1 sp1. WTH ?!?!?!?! Is there not a program that knows what it needs to run and can just go get it for me, oh wait linux does that. :shocked: seriously though I remember when I first started playing on a NT4 box and what a challenge it was, I can't even tell you how many BSOD I got from me buggering something up. I am sure I will look back on linux 6 months and feel the same way.
 
You are not paying attention. Use the Acronis TI-prepared bootable CD and clone from it. It matters not wether you are in Ubuntu, Ubangi, or any other OS. 🙂

The cloning process is totally OS independent when done that way. But you do have to install TI in your Linux system in order to create the bootable CD. That should be no problem at all.

And if you are dual booting, it is definitely not a problem for Acronis.
 
OK Installed the TI 11 Trial as linked in the 2nd post and made the bootable rescue cd using the full options. However when booting from the CD I select clone drive, manual, and to manually set partition sizes, but I never get the option to set the partitions. It goes straight to the clone job and then fails as the drive I am cloning too is only a 40GB but the source drive is 80GB with the linux partition only being 28GB. My plan is clone my linux setup down to the 40GB, totally wipe the 80GB and clone back using the full space on the 80GB. Is the skipping of setting up partitions a limitation of it being a trial version?
 
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