How to duplicate a disk

[Thomas Taylor]

On Wednesday 26 October 2005 08:31, Matt Roth wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I need to create a exact copy of a RH9 system. This system has the
> > following partitions: /root, /swap, and /.
> >
> > What I would like was to somehow create a "ghost" of the disk, so I
> > could disconnect the original IDE Drive, connect the "ghost" and the
> > system work as normal.
> >
> > If I had a LVM how would it be?
> >
> > Is there some application or way to replicate the disk, create a mirror,
> > ghost, whatever??
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
>
> Acronis may suit your needs.
>
> http://www.acronis.com/
>
> Matthew Roth
> InterMedia Marketing Solutions
> Software Engineer and Systems Developer


There's also g4u (ghost for unix) which will make exact duplicates.

HTH,
Tom

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