The Partimage FAQ

François Dupoux fdupoux at partimage dot org

Franck Ladurelle ladurelf at partimage dot org

1. Reporting bugs

• 1.1 When may I send a bug report?
• 1.2 What must I include in my bug report?
• 1.3 Where do I report bugs?

2. General questions

• 2.1 If I make an image file of a partition, can I restore it to an unpartitioned hard disk?
• 2.2 Can I restore it to a smaller or bigger partition ?
• 2.3 I need a write support for NTFS. It exists in kernel-2.4, but it's not enabled in partimage boot disk. How can I use it ?
• 2.4 Partimage says "Segmentation Fault". What does this mean and how can I fix this problem?
• 2.5 I have a non i386 architecture machine, will partimage/partimaged work on it?
• 2.6 Is there a batch mode to use partimage in a script?

3. Partimage vs others

• 3.1 What does partimage give you over the following: clear the free blocks with DD, and copy with DD
• 3.2 Any hope of a browser like utility to allow restoring individual files from the archives? Like Ghost Explorer?

4. About boot systems

• 4.1 A driver is missing in the partimage-bootdisk/bootcd. How can I solve the problem ?
• 4.2 When I use the bootfloppy, I see an error with 09000900090009000900090009000 on the screen
• 4.3 Using Knoppix, Live Linux Filesystem On CD

5. Running partimaged

• 5.1 Where does partimaged save images?
• 5.2 Partimaged says "Write access is denied". What's wrong?
• 5.3 How do I generate certificate/key file for SSL support
• 5.4 How to run partimaged in chroot environment

6. Networking questions

• 6.1 Will it be possible to save images to a Windows(TM) shared directory?

7. New file systems

• 7.1 I use XFS. Does partimage also take things like ACLs and other Extended Attributes into account ?

8. ChangeLog

9. Copyright