On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 02:40:38PM -0600, Charlie O wrote: > I'm going to be setting up a dual boot machine, with XP and Linux. I want > to have more than one XP image with different software releases, so I want > to copy 2 complete XP images to spare partitions, and then load whichever > one I want to run. This will be tricky, as you'll need grub to 'hide' one partition or another [1]. > I know there is image ghosting software available, but it seems to me I > should be able to accomplish the same thing with the copy command and the > right switches. Am I right? Close. You copy raw partitions with 'dd'. You'll need partitions that are at least as large as the source. Use the -u command argument to fdisk when comparing partition sizes so you don't get tricked by different hardware 'geometries'. Cheers, florin 1: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Multiboot-with-GRUB.html -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20071218/08eceb1c/attachment.pgp