HW to clone a sata disk

[Sreekumar Padiyath]

Hello,
Thanks for the reply.

I see the following HW on the web pages when I just look  with Google.

http://www.cooldrives.com/ep.yimg.com/ca/I/cooldrives_2074_8107155.jpg

http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner/category=USB+2.0+to+IDE+Adapters,+USB+2.0+to+IDE+Cables

http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php

Can I use similar types of adapter to clone the disc? Any suggestion is
appreciated

Kumar

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> ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ----------
> From: Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:55:31 -0500
> Subject: Re: HW to clone a sata disk
> I don't think that what you're trying to do will work, as you may have
> occasions where your USB connected drive may not be
> available...additionally, you would have needed to set up the RAID mirror at
> install time.
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> Might I suggest MondoRescue and that USB drive? You can use the USB drive
> as a target onto which Mondo can place it's backups, and then, in the event
> of a hard disk failure in the laptop, you can burn the requisite discs from
> which to boot and recover your setup.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Sreekumar Padiyath <kumar.padiyath at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>  Hello,
>> In my laptop(Siemens Lifebook S7020) I have a SATA disk with Linux
>> installation. I want to make clone disc( mirroring) from the SATA disc
>> as a reserve.  If some HW (Disc) problem arises then I want to use the
>> cloned disc . I would like to know which HW adapter I can use to clone
>> the disc?  I want to use my USB port for the Adapter connection. Which
>> adapter mark is available in Europe? What will be the approximate
>> price?
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>> Thanks in advance,
>> Kumar
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