Logicube SCSI-NG, User Manual

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Logicube SCSI-
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4: Clone
4.0 Clone – Introduction
This type of operation allows the cloning of a Master drive to a Target drive (or a
repository). There are three different imaging modes and several settings to choose
from. These selections should be performed in order from left to right.
Mirror
(Performs a bit-for-bit copy of the Master drive or image) or Clever (Clones only
sectors with data, skips blank sectors, and can expand partitions depending on the settings used) can be
used.
There are four selections when performing a clone:

Mode

Master/Image File

Settings

Target/Image File
4.0.1 Cloning to Smaller Capacity Drives
Regardless of the Operating System, Target drives should be at least the same capacity or larger
than the Master drive. Specifically, each Target drive must have the same number of sectors (or
Logical Block Addresses/LBAs) or a larger number of sectors or LBAs than the Master.
If the Master drive is larger in capacity than the Target drive, it is still possible to clone the drive,
but there are some adjustments that will need to be made to the Master drive. The following
applies to any Operating System:

The total partition sizes on the Master drive need to be adjusted to be less than the
capacity/size of the smallest Target drive.

The partitions on the Master drive need to be adjusted so that the free/unallocated
space is at the end of the drive.
Before making any changes to the Master drive, it is highly
recommended to make a backup copy of the Master drive
by performing a Mirror copy of the drive to make sure
there is an exact duplicate backup of the Master drive.
Logicube cannot provide support on how to resize,
shrink, or move partitions. There are several articles
and software/utilities/tools available on the internet
on how to re-size, shrink, or move partitions.