How to clone a triple-boot drive ???

[acfchef]

I have XP Pro, Vista & Ubuntu on a drive with multiple partitions, using GRUB bootloader. I would like to clone the setup on to another drive for backup purposes, just in case something goes wrong. Do you guys have any suggestions as to how this can be done?

Will Acronis Trueimage or Norton Ghost do the job? Or will I have to copy each partition manually and then edit GRUB to recognize them?

Thank you

 

[MiniDoom]

they should work fine, just do a disk copy, not the partition copy.

 

[corkyg]

With TrueImage, you should use the bootable CD it prepares for you - then boot with it - select the full program. Then simply use the CLONE function, and it will duplicate your hard drive exactly to one of the same or a different size. Stay in control - always use MANUAL, not automatic.

When you boot with the TI bootable CDR, it doesn't matter what OS is involved or what is on the source disk. You can clone individual partitions if you like, but that can get tedious.

 

[nweaver]

boot Ubuntu live cd, dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb

change hda and hdb to match your exact setup.

 

[acfchef]

Thanks guys - I was hoping it would be straight forward.