Re: Disk imaging recommandations

Christian Lerrahn <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Oct 2006 10:31:56 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.mlug.main
Message-ID <20061008103156.36a38ec2@localhost>
Tony,
> the knoppix live cd has it all on ther for you.will even allow you to 
> image to a usb portable hard drive if you have one

I used to use partimage which is also on Knoppix. Never had any
problems with it. However, if you're copying from a dying hdd, wouldn't
a tar file make more sense? Otherwise you might get a corrupt fs and
lose more than just a few files...

Cheers,
Christian