On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 04:25:34PM -0400, James Pifer wrote: > > ntfsclone looks very cool. I created an image of my ntfs partition using > this command: > ntfsclone --save-image --output ntfs-backup.img /dev/hda1 > > I have the kernel-module-ntfs installed but when I try to mount the > image like the man file says I get this error: > # mount -t ntfs -o loop ntfs-backup.img /mnt/old_ntfs > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0, > missing codepage or other error > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > dmesg | tail or so > > Plus, I can mount the hda1 partition so I know ntfs is working. I > assuming I did something incorrect in creating the backup, maybe missed > a parameter? > From reading the man page, I believe if you use the --save-image option you get a compressed copy of the file system, but it is not an NTFS file system. Try making an image w/o the --save-image. It will probably be much bigger, but you can compress it when you aren't using it. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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