6 Jul 20:46
Cloning a PearPC "disk drive"
Gingko <nospam <at> temporaryrelay002.ath.cx>
2005-07-06 18:46:02 GMT
2005-07-06 18:46:02 GMT
Hello, This is a question that probably applies primarily to Mac OS X users, but I think it maybe a particularly interesting problem on PearPC. Does somebody know how I could "clone" a whole Mac OS X installation from one PearPC "disk drive" to another, knowing that the second drive will not have the same size than the first one ? Actually I need to "downgrade" the size of an already installed disk because I want to copy it to a Fat32 partition, Fat32 partitions cannot have files larger than 4 gigabytes, and the current file is a little larger than that. I want to put it on a Fat32 partition because, for developing purposes, I want it to be accessible both from a Windows XP installation and from a Linux installation on the same computer, and, as far as I know, Linux is still unable to securely have write access to NTFS partitions. Of course, I could make a fresh new installation, but I would be happy if I could avoid spending 8 hours again for making this installation, not counting some applications installed after it. I already don't know how to make such a copy on a real Macintosh (this seems to need a root access that I don't know how to get), but I'm afraid that there is also a lot of chances that the whole filesystem copy would be difficult to do without problems on PearPC ... Gingko -------------------------------------------------------(Continue reading)
On 7/6/05, Gingko <nospam <at> temporaryrelay002.ath.cx> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hex Star" <hexstar <at> gmail.com>
> To: <pearpc-users <at> lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Pearpc-users] Cloning a PearPC "disk drive"
>
>
> > MacOS X can only run on HFS+ drives or Unix drives, it is not
> > compatible with FAT32, FAT, or NTFS...you can easily duplicate your
> > emulated drive simply by copying the image, renaming it and then
> > adding it your PearPC configuration file
>
>
> I was speaking about the Drive image, which IS an HFS+ image, but which can
> RESIDE (as beeing actually a big file) on Fat32 or NTFS, and in fact on any
> filesystem that can host the PearPC emulator.
>
> My problem is that Fat32 cannot have files larger than 4 gigabytes.
>
> Gingko
>
>
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But I downloaded Carbon Clone Copier (on my PearPc system !) and I am
currently
copying the old drive to the new drive inside PearPC.
I don't know if it will finally work yet, as it is going to take a lot of
time.
Gingko
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