[juneau-lug] NovaStor InstantRecovery

I just cloned Linux and OS/2 partitions from a 30 gb drive to a 40 gb drive in 
on operation using NovaStor InstantRecovery. The neat thing about this 
program is that it is a Linux program!

I could have used Partition Image, but that would have involved many steps, so 
being kind of lazy lately, I started looking around for a disk cloning 
program. 

I checked out Drive Image by Power Quest and almost went for it until I 
noticed that the license is only good for one machine...the first one that it 
is installed on! No uninstalling and reinstalling on another machine allowed!

Then I found NovaStor InstantRecovery. I bought it online and downloaded the 
self-extracting *.exe file which includes a 36 mb iso of the program, 
documentation and their own cd burning program and scripts if you don't want 
to use your own cd burning software. I burned the iso and booted from the cdr 
on a test machine. Was I ever surprised when it started booting Linux! I made 
an image of /boot and then restored it along with the partition table and 
rebooted to make sure all was fine. I then hooked the new 40 gb drive up to 
my main system and started the disk cloning program. It took a little more 
that 2 hrs. to clone the 30 gb drive to the 40. I installed the 40 and it 
went right into the LILO sceen and then booted Linux without problem. At 
first, it wouldn't boot OS/2. I went back into Linux and ran /sbin/lilo, and 
on the reboot, I got into OS/2. Pretty painless operation! My next test will 
be to make a recovery image of the entire drive to see how small (or large) 
it will be.

I related this because I think that it is pretty slick that NovaStor is using 
Linux. I also hope that this helps someone who needs to clone a disk or 
backup partions.

Chuck Hakari

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