best method to clone a BeOS drive?

Forum thread started by pcmac55 on Mon, 2009-06-08 11:53

I am using Zeta(I assume same applies to BeOS)

whats the best method to clone a BeOS drive?

can you use XP programs like Drive Copy 9.0 , installed on a XP laptop,

can I backup (the BeOS 80 gig HD )via a USB adapter attached to XP laptop ?

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Re: best method to clone a BeOS drive?

by vader - 2009-06-10 07:46

I have an eeepc and when I play (read intend destroying the disk), I first do a complete dump. The SSD is only 4G.

dd if=/path/to/your/drive/device/to/backup of=/path/to/backup/drive/file.img

obviously replacing the paths with the correct devices (check mount for the device).

This will be an *exact* copy, warts and all.

I use this all the time (but more a backup rather than cloning).

Cheers,
Jeff

Re: best method to clone a BeOS drive?

by darkwyrm - 2009-06-12 19:51

The simplest way (in R5 and IIRC, Zeta) to clone a drive is with the Installer by setting the source drive for Installer to the drive you wish to clone and some other partition for the destination. Another option is to just copy files over -- I normally use Tracker to copy the contents of /boot/home to /destination/home and then the