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| Thread ID: 108550 | 2010-04-01 23:48:00 | Installing Ubuntu, need some advice/help with a few bits first. | DaveBritton (7395) | Press F1 |
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| 871896 | 2010-04-01 23:48:00 | Hey guys, I am going to install ubuntu on my laptop. Now I have been using unbuntu and knoppix in live CD form to diagnose and fix computers for years, and I have installed it a couple of times to one of my old laptops, so I don't really need much help with the linux side of things. I want to keep an image of the current system (including all files) and access all files on the current system from a backup. Would the best way to do this be to create an image of the drive that will be kept purely as an image and also make copies of all the files I want to access, or is there a way to also access the files that are kept in the image without affecting it. My question may sound stupid, but I have never copied an entire drive before nor have I used any drive imaging software before. I am running Vista Home Premium x86 right now, and would be installing Ubuntu 9.10 x64, probably upgrading to 10.04 when it comes out of beta. Specs on the laptop are as follows: HP Touchsmart TX2-1010 AMD Turion X2 (Dual Core RM-72) 2.1ghz 4gb 667mhz DDR2 RAM ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics WD Scorpio Blue 250gb HDD (8gb free, could get to about 150gb free if I moved all the media files off) N-Trig touchscreen Fingerprint reader Infrared All the usual stuff like DVD-RW, wifi, bluetooth, ethernet, webcam, card reader etc Any and all help would be greatly appreciated as it always is, feel free to point out any gaping holes in my plan or any issues you may foresee. I will be checking this thread all day tomorrow, but I am about to go to sleep now. Thanks, Dave. |
DaveBritton (7395) | ||
| 871897 | 2010-04-02 02:53:00 | Use an image program, store the image on another partition or safer yet - another drive. Much easier and simple to use. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 871898 | 2010-04-02 04:15:00 | What about shrinking the XP partition and installing Ubuntu on a separate partition.When Grub is installed at the end of the install you will be able to boot both systems and you will be able to view all the xp folders etc from Ubuntu. Maybe an image to something else of the XPsetup first would put yr mind at rest although if you were thinking of an image on the same drive there is not much point if you have both os's available. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 871899 | 2010-04-02 05:13:00 | check out this (mt4.radified.com) website about Clonezilla - for cloning drives, and much more. Or how about virtualizing your Windows setup with something like Paragon Virtualization manager (www.paragon-software.com)... Note: I haven't used either of these programs yet. |
bachelorno1 (6556) | ||
| 871900 | 2010-04-02 08:09:00 | pctek: Read my entire post and you might be able to offer some actual useful advice. kjaada: First off, I am using Vista, and secondly I have dual booted before, but I am not interested in that this time. I don't plan on using Windows on this laptop again unless I have to. bachelorno1: If you haven't used any of those programs, why are you advising I do? Thanks for the effort, but none of it helps me. I already know I can image/clone a drive, so I don't need software suggestions unless the software specifically does what I asked; Allows me to read from the image without modifying it. I am going to be keeping the image/data on one of my spare 500gb drives, so space isn't an issue. |
DaveBritton (7395) | ||
| 871901 | 2010-04-02 08:35:00 | You should be able to mount the image (.iso format anyway) in Nautilus and read and copy files from it no problem. I suppose it depends on the software you use to create the image. If it's a Linux app it will probably have the ability to mount the image. | Rod J (451) | ||
| 871902 | 2010-04-02 09:11:00 | You should be able to mount the image (.iso format anyway) in Nautilus and read and copy files from it no problem. I suppose it depends on the software you use to create the image. If it's a Linux app it will probably have the ability to mount the image. Thankyou. That is what I was asking. Will accessing the image affect it at all? Like will the files be changed? Also, won't a 100+gb .iso be a bit sluggish? Thanks, Dave. |
DaveBritton (7395) | ||
| 871903 | 2010-04-02 09:46:00 | Yes, possibly will be problems with a very large image (I was thinking of CD/DVD size images but I guess large HD partitions would be more problematic for mounting). This app sounds good although I can't see anything about being able to mount the images: www.partimage.org | Rod J (451) | ||
| 871904 | 2010-04-02 10:02:00 | These might help you: sourceforge.net http://www.clonezilla.org/ freshmeat.net |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 871905 | 2010-04-02 11:22:00 | Thanks for the suggestions, I will check it all out when I get home from work. I forgot to mention, does anyone know how I can transfer all my saved passwords from my current firefox installation to the new one in ubuntu? I am just using the default password manager in FF. |
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