Question Image of 80pin SCSI HDD with Ghost for Linux

[Purple Rain]

Hello all,

Currently I am working with computers using HP-UX Operating system and installed with 80 pin SCSI Harddrives. I am exploring the possibility to clone these HDD's. Ideally would be using Ghost for Linux. There is any way to install the SCSI HDD into a Windows based PC (with necessary adapters SCSI to IDE or something.....) and then using a bootable CD with Ghost for Linux, to clone the SCSI HDD? Or any other option?
Hope I was clear enough in the request and explanation.
Thanks,

 

[kanewolf]

Hello all,

Currently I am working with computers using HP-UX Operating system and installed with 80 pin SCSI Harddrives. I am exploring the possibility to clone these HDD's. Ideally would be using Ghost for Linux. There is any way to install the SCSI HDD into a Windows based PC (with necessary adapters SCSI to IDE or something.....) and then using a bootable CD with Ghost for Linux, to clone the SCSI HDD? Or any other option?
Hope I was clear enough in the request and explanation.
Thanks,

Just use dd and the raw device to read the disk. Disk cloning has been done with basic Linux commands for decades.

Using DD for disk cloning

There's been a number of questions regarding disk cloning tools and dd has been suggested at least once. I've already considered using dd myself, mainly because ease of use, and that it's readily

serverfault.com

 

[Purple Rain]

Just use dd and the raw device to read the disk. Disk cloning has been done with basic Linux commands for decades.

Using DD for disk cloning

There's been a number of questions regarding disk cloning tools and dd has been suggested at least once. I've already considered using dd myself, mainly because ease of use, and that it's readily

serverfault.com

Hi kanewolf,
Many thanks for your solution.
Unfortunately I am not very familiar with various commands on Unix (Linux).
Can you guide me in syntax for using the "dd" function?
Precisely, I need to clone a functional Harddisk with its information on it, save it in a dedicated location then the image, further, I need to restore it to another similar HDD. (Also here, how I define from where I am copying, how to define and save the image file to an external storage like an external HDD...?)

Alternatively, I can do a direct clone, directly copying from a HDD to another HDD (as my HP B2600 workstation has 2 SCSI ports available).

Can you give me some rough instructions please?
Thanks,

 

[kanewolf]

Hi kanewolf,
Many thanks for your solution.
Unfortunately I am not very familiar with various commands on Unix (Linux).
Can you guide me in syntax for using the "dd" function?
Precisely, I need to clone a functional Harddisk with its information on it, save it in a dedicated location then the image, further, I need to restore it to another similar HDD. (Also here, how I define from where I am copying, how to define and save the image file to an external storage like an external HDD...?)

Alternatively, I can do a direct clone, directly copying from a HDD to another HDD (as my HP B2600 workstation has 2 SCSI ports available).

Can you give me some rough instructions please?
Thanks,

I retired from sysadm for a reason. I pointed you in a direction. You can research the exact syntax for HP-UX.