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From: | Rob Bosch <robbosch AT msn DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: ntfsclone for cygwin 1.7 (issues pointing to shadow copies) |
Date: | Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:02:13 -0600 |
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> /proc/partitions is populated, but only with actual disks. The device > mapping for disks is a mapping from the internal NT namespace objects=20 > \Device\HarddiskX\PartitionY to the POSIX-like /dev/sdXY. Since shadow co= pies > of a disk don't match this mapping, you're out of luck. Maybe we can add = a=20 > mapping in a later Cygwin release and I added it to my TODO list, but thi= s is > definitely no fodder for 1.7.1.=20 I think it would be a good TODO item and I certainly understand why it won'= t make 1.7.1. I think it would be a great addition to have cygwin have a ge= neral approach/utility to add shadow copies as POSIX-like devices (/dev/sdX= Y).=20 I found a different open source utility that does what I need (I think). I'= m trying to verify the image is similar to that of ntfsclone which is a blo= ck-level image. Just an FYI in case someone else is trying to accomplish th= e same task. http://odin-win.sourceforge.net/=20 Thanks for the replies and clarification. Rob -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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