Disk imaging program?

[Nio Wiklund]

2014-06-24 20:35, John Hupp skrev:
> I'm looking for a freeware disk imaging program that supports/offers:
> __ imaging of Windows and Linux partitions in a single image-the-disk
> operation that includes the boot sector and related structures
> __ bootable disc can do offline image backup and restore
> __ image to spanned DVD’s
> __ good compression
> __ free for business as well as personal use
> 
> Notes on a few of the programs I have considered:
> 
> Clonezilla doesn't know how to span to DVD's.
> 
> Promising newcomer Aomei Backupper has no stated support for ext4
> partitions.
> 
> Redo Backup is a front-end for partclone, and I have seen no
> documentation indicates that it supports spanned DVD's.
> 
> In short, everything that I have looked at in the past or now in a fresh
> new sweep falls short on one point or another.
> 
> I'm willing to fudge on my desire for a single image-the-disk operation
> if I could find a recipe or documentation on how to use a
> partition-oriented tool with a script that uses several succeeding
> operations to build a complete drive backup.  Needless to say, I would
> want to arrive at both backup and restore scripts.
> 
Hi John,

Clonezilla creates 2 GB chunks, which can be copied to DVDs and file
systems in general, that cannot manage files larger than that. I don't
know (haven't tried) to write the image directly to DVDs, but it would
certainly be possible in a two-step procedure (with intermediate storage
in an external HDD or flash drive).

Best regards
Nio

ps/
I don't really trust DVD disks for backup, but that is another issue.
/ds