Restore ext3 filesystem

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When you try to access your Linux partitions do you receive an error message?  Did you run driver validation after installing Ghost to ensure that all system drivers where present on the recovery disk?  Ext3 is a support file system for Ghost. 

 

 

Problem summary: I can back up Vista and Linux partitions (ext3) but the recovery CD will not accept Linux partitions for restore. (ntfs partition works well)

 

Hi Erik,

 

Thank you for guidance. Sorry for writing a long post, it was because I gradually tried different ways of solving the problem.

 

1. I forgot telling the error message, clumsy me :wink: When I use the Symantech recovery disk the following happens. I choose recover my computer. I can see files corresponding to Vista partition and Linux swap partition (maybe not necessary to backup swap, but I include the lot). I cannot see the Linux ext3 partitions, so I try the command “add”. I choose the corresponding v2i file and the corresponding target. Now this error message appear:

Target drive: Disk1

Drive 9.88 GB

Error EC950006: The destination is not valid

 

2. I try to find “driver validation” in the Norton Ghost 12 menus, but I cannot find it. How do I issue the command “driver validation”?

 

3. In N. Ghost v. 8 (WinXP) there was a strange error. If filenames/searchpaths were too long it was possible to make backup copies but during restore strange hangups could occur. At least that is how I remember the error. Making searchpaths and filenames short completely resolved this problem in version 8. I have tried this method but it does not help here.

 

4. The Windows-program fsdriver will make Linux partitions readable and writable. (ext3 partitions receive logical unit letters and behave exactly like Windows partitions) It works well, but it is not possible to use N Ghost to backup my Linux system having fsdriver activated. (Sorry, I don’t remember the error message, let me know if you want it.)

 

5. One difference between Win XP and Vista is that in XP the ext3 partitions are visible in “My computer”. One cannot write or read them, of course, but still they are “noted” by the system. To see them in Vista one can only go to: “handle my computer” > “disk handling”

 

6. When I use the Symantech bootable CD it thus seems impossible to restore the ext3 partitions. However I just found out that if I first start Windows Vista and then try the restore option of Norton Ghost ver 12, then it seems possible to restore the Linux partitions. I have not carried out the last step (write partition) yet, but clicking all the way to the final button is OK.

 

It gets a little tricky to use this method: To identify the right file one must know the size of it, but at present this is possible for me. (Less data on homepartition than root partition.) In order to identify target drive I must know the size of the partition (Here it is the reverse - home partition larger than root partition).

 

So, like you suggest, maybe there is a driver problem for writing ext3 partitions? A driver problem that does not occur if one runs Ghost from a Windows environment. However, if Ghost is run from the Symantech recovery environment it cannot restore ext3 partitions.

 

But also an issue in Vista (that not occurs in XP): the drive letters of ext3 partitions are not visible in Vista making it tricky to separate files and partitions.

 

So hopefully there is at least a workaround for my problem:

A. If my Windows partition crashes, I can restore by running “Ghost” from the CD.

B. If my Linux partition crashes, I can restore by running Ghost from my Windows system

 

As I understand, if I have a complete disk crash, the partitions table is also backed up by Ghost and it is possible for me to start by restoring the Vista partition.

 

Thanks for your help. Sorry for a long reply :slight_smile:

 

Yngve

Hi ycc,

 

There seem to be a lot of issues here, it may be best to contact our Customer Support team to have an in-depth look at your system to find the cause of the problem:

 

http://www.symantec.com/norton/support/selectproduct_ts.jsp 

Hi Tony Weiss,

 

Thanks a lot for the advice I get here, I will continue by doing that.

 

/ycc