[Util]Partition Image

최근에 직접 테스트 해본 바로는 Ghost 11버전으로 ext3로 포맷된 OpenSuSE 10.2버젼을 완벽하게 백업하고 복구할 수 있었다.
PartImage는 오래 전부터 알고 있던 프로그램으로 소위 말하는 리눅스용 고스트 클론이다.
수년 전 당시 관리하고 있던 리눅스 시스템들을 백업하기 위한 프로그램을 찾던 중 발견하였다.
아래 소개와 같이 상당히 폭넓게 사용될 수 있다.
나 자신은 0.6.2버전을 가지고 리눅스를 백업하는 용도로만 사용해 보았지만 지금은 0.6.5가 나와 있으니 더 나아졌으리라 기대한다.

Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility which saves partitions in many formats to an image file. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk space, and split into multiple files to be copied on removable floppies, ... Partitions can be saved across the network since version 0.6.0.

Supported file systems::  Name  / Description / State

ext2fs/ext3fs     /     the linux standard     /     stable

Reiser3     /     a journalized and powerful file system     /     stable

FAT16/32     /     DOS and Windows file systems     /     stable

HPFS     /     IBM OS/2 File System     /     stable

JFS     /     Journalised File System, from IBM, used on Aix     /     stable

XFS     /     another jounalized and efficient File System, from sgi, used on Irix     /     stable

UFS     /     Unix File System     /     beta

HFS     /     MacOS File System     /     beta

NTFS     /     Windows NT, 2000 and XP     /     experimental

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.

from PartImage Homepage