Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread kpb
On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 17:17:49 +0100 Simon Greenwood wrote: [snip] > > > You should be able to set up the Thinkvantage partition in Grub. As far as > I know it's just a stripped down version of Windows and it's possible that > Ubuntu will actually ask you if you want to keep it when it has installed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 8 June 2012 17:05, kpb wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 16:58:05 +0100 > Simon Greenwood wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > I've used Clonezilla and it works fine on most machines. Realistically > you > > could just leave the restore partition on the disk as it boots Windows to > > do the restore process

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread Chris Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2012 17:05, kpb wrote: > Leaving the 21 GB restore partition is no hassle, I have > difficulty using more than about 5Gb for data, but my understanding > is no thinkvantage because of Grub, so no restore from hard drive? > > Cheers > > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread kpb
On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 16:58:05 +0100 Simon Greenwood wrote: [snip] > > > I've used Clonezilla and it works fine on most machines. Realistically you > could just leave the restore partition on the disk as it boots Windows to > do the restore process. > > s/ > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > "TBA are p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 8 June 2012 16:53, kpb wrote: > Hello All > > One for any Thinkpad owners using Ubuntu > > Just bought a second hand Thinkpad X200s, and it runs Ubuntu 12.04 from a > USB stick really nicely, with the basics working fine (I mainly need > suspend to ram). > > I'd like to be able to restore the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread Dave Morley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/12 16:53, kpb wrote: > Hello All > > One for any Thinkpad owners using Ubuntu > > Just bought a second hand Thinkpad X200s, and it runs Ubuntu 12.04 > from a USB stick really nicely, with the basics working fine (I > mainly need suspend to r

[ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread kpb
Hello All One for any Thinkpad owners using Ubuntu Just bought a second hand Thinkpad X200s, and it runs Ubuntu 12.04 from a USB stick really nicely, with the basics working fine (I mainly need suspend to ram). I'd like to be able to restore the hard drive including the recovery partition to