Disk Cloning?

[eon]

Knoppix contains everything you need to clone a disk.
If you'd describe exactly what you're trying to do, someone
will probably tell you how to accomplish it.
Some programs you might want to research:
dd and nc
partimage

I've used both of these methods, but you'll need to rtfm. If you want
point-and-click, you'll probably need to spend some $.

Possibly, the programs you tried didn't "load/boot" because
you neglected to read the manual. Did you write the images properly,
or did you just copy them to a floppy/cd?

At google:
clone.disk knoppix




http://www.rajeevnet.com/hacks_hints...s_cloning.html

http://www.partimage.org/

You'll find that point-and-click windows-like apps usually cost $$,
while open source projects would just like you to read their docs.
It's your choice.

Have Fun

Yes I did rtfm! and I know how to write iso images to cd and how to use dd or cat to write to floppy.
I also have used dd to copy partitions but I've found it doesn't work so well if the new partition has a different partition number. My post probably sounded terse because I had spent the better part of the day trying to get one of the cloning programs I mentioned to work only to discover that it's buggy, and that's borne out by the reviews of it at freshmeat, which I didn't read fully until after I had problems.

So what I want to do Is clone this entire drive with all the partitions intact i.e usable and bootable.
I have debian woody, knoppix, slackware, mepis, and kanotix on the drive I want to clone, and i want to
copy them all keeping permissions and ability to boot. I can use mkcdrec but it is alot of work and I'll have to
do each partiton indivually-maybe that's the way I'll end up with because I know that program and it does work.
As OErjan said sometimes dd seems to work until you try to access the data.