create an image like norton ghost in ubuntu

[Bart Silverstrim]

Ray Parrish wrote:
> H.S. wrote:

> Here's one drawback that dd doesn't suffer from, this is a quote from 
> the partimage web site -
> 
>> *The NTFS (Windows NT File System) is currently not fully supported:* 
>> this means you will be able to save an NTFS partition if system files 
>> are not very fragmented, and if system files are not compressed. In 
>> this case, you will be able to save the partition into an image file, 
>> and you will be able to restore it after. If there is a problem when 
>> saving, an error message will be shown and you won't be able to 
>> continue. If you have successfully saved an NTFS NTFS partition, you 
>> shouldn't have problems as you restore it (except in the case of 
>> bugs). Then the best way is to try to save a partition to know if it 
>> is possible. If not, try to defragment it with diskeeper or another 
>> tool, and try to saving the partition again. 
> 
> Worth noting if you are a Windows user as well. Not a total deal killer, 
> but a potential annoyance.
> 
> Later, Ray parrish

The warning, I suspect, is CYA.

We've imaged hundreds of systems, NTFS based, using partimage and that 
warning will pop up and we've not corrupted them.

There is an issue we've seen occasionally where on booting after 
restoring to a different brand drive all you get is a black screen with 
blinking cursor.

If that happens it looks like it's a problem with the drive geometry. 
Testdisk (also on the RIP-Rescue Is Possible) seems to be able to repair 
it in the advanced settings, or restoring the boot sector information 
(again with that utility) will allow it to boot. I remember only one 
system that I couldn't get working properly using these techniques and I 
had to fall back to using DD over Netcat to image the system.

-Bart