Re: Cloning a Linux install

[Art Ross <aross donet com>]

Sander van Vugt wrote:

> I'm doing courses on Linux. I use triple boot computers for that. We do the
> cloning with ghost and it works fine.
>
> Sander
>
> > Does anyone know of an efficient method to clone a hard drive that
> > consists of a dual boot between some version of Windows and Linux?  In
> > the Physics Department at Sinclair Community College, we have been
> > cloning our  Windows image using Symantec's Ghost.  It has worked very
> > well, but now we are beginning to move towards dual boot platforms and
> > want to know what an efficient approach to cloning the entire HD,
> > possibly in one easy step.  If we can keep the process relatively
> > simple, we can continue to use student workers without providing an
> > enormous amount of training.
> >   Thanks in advance,
> >   Art Ross
> >
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Thanks for the information.  We'll continue to use our copy of ghost since it
will do fine.
 You mentioned that you have triple boot systems.  Ours are Windows 95/98 and
Redhat Linux.  Out of curiosity, what are you triple booting?
  Thanks,
  Art Ross
  Department of Physics
  Sinclair Community College