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Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition

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AndyHancock wrote
> AndyHancock <andymhanc...@gmail.com> wrote
>> Arno <m...@privacy.net> wrote
>>> AndyHancock <andymhanc...@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> Arno <m...@privacy.net> wrote

>>>>> ...My experience with Cygwin is very limited. Basically, for
>>>>> the comparison with "tar" to work, you need to be able to
>>>>> cd into the first dir and specify the second one.

>>>>> If they are already visible somewhere, that should be neough.
>>>>> If not, "mounting" is the action of taking a device containing
>>>>> a filesystem and attacking it so that the filesystem becomes
>>>>> accessible somewhere.

>>>>> Side note: Give the second "tar" a "v" first, e.g. "dvf" to see
>>>>> the comparison is actually working, then interrypt and run
>>>>> without the "v". Otherwise it is possible that nothing is actually
>>>>> compared if there are problems with the path(s).
>>>> I'm actually a big fan of tar (though you wouldn't have guessed
>>>> from the amount of profanities I uttered at it over the years).

>>> Me too ;-)

>>> It is one of those Maga-tools that does one thing really, really well.

>>>> If the partitions can be made visible, and they are the file systems that
>>>> are meaningful and navigable by tar, this is a very appealing solution.

>>> I have been using it for years.

>>>> Thanks, I'll try to find out more about these non-letter-drive
>>>> partitions that Toshiba installs on their laptops. I know in
>>>> concept what they are related to (booting & recovery), but I'm
>>>> still very green on the plethora of files systems and such that
>>>> can occupy the partitions.

>>> Well, good luck.

>> Thanks.

>> About your having done this for years, I get the distinct sense that
>> you're unix-y. Have you been doing it for weird Windows-based
>> partitions? Toshiba's 4-partition setup is particularly -- unique.
>> If you succeeded with Windows, that inspires confidence. Otherwise, I
>> see a minefield of stuff that I don't know about the different types
>> of partitions and file systems out there, and which ones can be
>> properly seen by tar.

> Looks like the problem may be insurmountable.

Nope.

> Most comparison apps deal with files and folders, which are constructs
> of file systems. Three of the four partitions I'll be cloning don't have NTFS

Doesnt matter, you should still be able to do a binary compare
and  then see if the recovery ops still work with the clone.

> (don't know what they have

If they arent NTFS, they are likely FAT.

> -- one is for booting among other things, two are
> "Hidden Installed File Systems") nor letter drives.

Doesnt matter with a binary compare.

> I don't believe that I can even mount them or assign a drive letter to them.

Doesnt matter with a binary compare.

> Surfing gives me the impression (only an impression) that you can't mount non-NTFS,

Corse you can with FAT partitions.

> and "you cannot assign a drive letter to an Original Equipment
> Manufacturer (OEM) partition or any GUID Partition Table (GPT)
> partition other than a basic MSDATA partition".

You dont need to with a binary compare.

> Sigh. Maybe it's time to give up on this.

No need to on seeing if the restore ops work with the clone. 

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How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 20:56 -0800
  Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 16:18 +1100
    Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 21:42 -0800
  Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-15 13:39 +0000
    Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 11:43 -0800
      Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-15 20:23 +0000
        Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 12:49 -0800
          Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-16 01:18 +0000
            Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 20:52 -0800
              Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-16 21:49 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 19:50 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Mark F <mark53916@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 15:27 -0500
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 21:30 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 21:19 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 17:04 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 22:46 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 20:42 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 21:28 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-20 06:27 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-19 21:07 -0800
    Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-01-17 04:00 -0500
      Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 21:33 -0800
        Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-01-19 11:37 -0500
          Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-20 06:34 +1100
          Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-19 21:17 -0800
            Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-01-25 10:53 -0500
              Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-26 06:16 +1100
          Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition willbill <postonNG@postonNG.net> - 2012-01-20 12:52 -0600
            Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-21 08:49 +1100
              Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 21:29 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 05:32 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 17:54 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition willbill <postonNG@postonNG.net> - 2012-01-24 12:22 -0600
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 18:05 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 18:57 -0800

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