On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 02:36:34 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II <mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have ghost 2003, and it crashed on the LVM drives, but I was able > to use G4U to create an image file. Did a full install of FC3 on a > clean 80GB drive, and did a g4u. Created a 14GB image file. Then I > used the option to copy NULLs to all the free space on the drive, > and redid the image file, and it was only 2.5GB. Just do a google > search for G4U, and it is usually the very first hits. Note: This > doesn't work well when going to a smaller drive, but same size and > larger seem to work fine. Even did it with one that was a little > smaller, and after running fsck after a shutdown -r -F now seemed > to fix the error message. > > On 17 Nov 2004 at 10:26, Carrie Knox wrote: > > Date sent: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:26:31 -0600 > From: Carrie Knox <knox@xxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: fedora core 3 and ghost > Send reply to: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> > <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm wondering if anyone has been able to successfully create a Symantec > > or Norton ghost image of an FC2 or FC3 installed system. > > > > In the past I have been able to create compressed ghost images of > > various RedHat 9 and RedHat9/Win2K dualboot systems OK. After > > installing Fedora Core 2 (and now Core 3), I am unable to create a > > compressed Ghost image. I get this Ghost error "Application error > > 29004" "Read sector failure, result=1, drive=0, sectors -456237413 to > > -456237411". This is not a failed device issue. I've received this > > exact same error on several Fedora installed hardware platforms. The > > disk type doesn't seem to matter. I am able to obtain a block by block > > copy of the disk, but I really need the compressed ghost image that can > > be reloaded onto a variety of disk sizes. > > > > I'm using the GRUB bootloader and ext3 filesystems with the bootloader > > located in the MBR. I've reverted to LILO as the boot loader with no > > success... still get the ghost sector read error. > > > > Initially, I was running Symantec Ghost 8.0, but have updated to > > Symantec Ghost 8.2.0.1117 after contacting Symantec for assistance. > > I've tried a variety of ghost options (-fni, -ffx,-bfc, -ib, -fdsz > > -fdsp, -ffs, -fns, -fnu, -or). Ghost -ia and -id both worked. > > > > Symantec support's final response was... "In regards to your issue with > > Ghost 8.2.0.1117 when cloning Fedora EXT3 systems... > > One would expect that cloning an EXT3 file system would be just that > > simple. However, it appears that there might be something different when > > using Fedora, perhaps something to do with the partition structure. We > > suggest you continue to try the switches -IA -IB -FRO or -BFC as a > > workaround. You can include compression with any of these switches. The > > bottom line is that Fedora is currently not supported." > > > > Has anyone had Ghost success with FC3? Any ideas on what might be > > causing the "sector read" error during image creation? > > > > Thanks, > > Carrie Did G4U have compress function ? Because I also failed to backup using ghost 8.0 So no tool can use to backup... Thanks...
