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Package: partimage (0.6.7-1)

backup partitions into a compressed image file

Partition Image is a partition imaging utility. It has support for the following file systems: 

 * Ext2/3, the Linux standard
 * ReiserFS, a journalised and powerful file system
 * FAT16/32, DOS and Windows file systems
 * HPFS, IBM OS/2 file system
 * JFS, journalised file system, from IBM, used on AIX
 * XFS, another journalised and efficient file system, from SGI, used on Irix
 * UFS (beta), Unix file system
 * HFS (beta), MacOS File system
 * NTFS (experimental), Windows NT, 2000 and XP
Only used blocks are copied and stored into an image file. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk space, and split into multiple files to be copied onto removable media (ZIP for example), burned on a CD-R, etc.

This makes it possible to save a full Linux/Windows system with a single operation. In case of a problem (virus, crash, error, etc.), you just have to restore, and after several minutes, your entire system is restored (boot, files, etc.), and fully working.

This is very useful when installing the same software on many machines: just install one of them, create an image, and restore the image on all other machines.

Tags: System Administration: Backup and Restoration, Implemented in: C++, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Works with: Archive

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Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 275.6 kB932 kB [list of files]
arm 309.8 kB968 kB [list of files]
armel 285.6 kB916 kB [list of files]
hppa 309.6 kB984 kB [list of files]
i386 274.6 kB952 kB [list of files]
m68k 268.3 kB928 kB [list of files]
mips 304.7 kB1076 kB [list of files]
mipsel 300.7 kB1076 kB [list of files]
powerpc 291.1 kB964 kB [list of files]
s390 279.2 kB936 kB [list of files]
sparc 276.6 kB928 kB [list of files]