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Instructions for disk image preparation:
1. Obtain Linux workstation PC. Any recent Linux distribution is ok
2. Open the terminal and print current partitions
$ cat /proc/partitions
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8 80 30932992 sdf8 81 2929664 sdf18 82 97280 sdf28 83 97280 sdf38 84 488448 488448 sdf4
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In the example above attached disk named /dev/sdf and it has 4 partitions: /dev/sdf1, /dev/sdf2, /dev/sdf3, /dev/sdf4
4. Open the terminal and save disk layout using fdisk tool:
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6. Save filesystem from each disk partition using partclone tool and compress using lz4 tool.partclone Partclone tool supports: NTFS,EXT2ext2/3/4,FAT ntfs, fat and many other filesystem types, you can clone disks with Linux or Windows installations
Install required cloning software: "liblz4-tool" and "partclone"
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In the example aboveaccording to blkid.layout: - /dev/sdf1 and /dev/sdf3 have "ext4" filesystem - /dev/sdf2 has "vfat" filesystem - /dev/sdf3 has no filesystem
According to the example need to save 3 partitions:
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$ sudo partclone.ext4 -c -s /dev/sdf1 | lz4 > part1.ext4.partclone.lzlz4$ sudo partclone.vfat -c -s /dev/sdf2 | lz4 > part2.vfat.partclone.lzlz4$ sudo partclone.ext4 -c -s /dev/sdf4 | lz4 > part4.ext4.partclone.lzlz4
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7. Calculate md5 for files you've prepared<pre>$ md5sum *.layout part*.partclone.lz4 > md5sum</pre>8. Send us the fdisk.layout, blkid.layout and all , part*.partclone.lz lz4 filesand the md5 file
