Clone disk - issue with keyboard
Hello,
I am trying to perform a clone disk operation. I have 2 disks in a RAID 1 mirror array, and one other spare cloned disk as backup.
I had some trouble last week with the primary RAID 1 mirror array, so I booted the spare disk and proceeded to run a clone from the (good) spare disk to the RAID 1 mirror array.
This procedure usually works fine without any trouble, but for some reason when I try to boot up the RAID 1 mirror array, after a seemingly successful clone, the keyboard is not working at all for the RAID 1 mirror array install. I have tried using a usb keyboard and ps/2 keyboard, but no joy. The usb mouse works fine though.
So the RAID 1 mirror array boot into the log in screen, but I cannot login to password acounts because of the keyboard issue.
However when I try to login to a non password account using a mouse click the system immediately logs the user back out again to the login screen prompt.
The same applies in safe mode also.
What is going on?
Yeah I understand this, but the image on one disk is perfect, but it's just the cloned image on the raid mirrored pair. like I said the usb mouse works fine. also tried the ps/2 keyboard and still no joy.
I have [almost] the same problem, and have had it multiple times, with no good resolution.
I have a Thinkpad T400, and I employ "best practice" which is to periodically put a drive in my UltraBay and clone the working disk to it.
I then remove the working disk, place the clone from the UltraBay tray, into the internal disk bay.
When I boot up, I have no keyboard. Since this is a Thinkpad, it is not like there's a "usb keyboard" to wait for recognition, etc.
An external USB mouse works, but an external USB keyboard doesn't.
I am left with a useless clone, although all my data is intact.
I am about to start the cloning process all over again.
Do things a little differently.
Place the original master in the ultra bay.
put the new blank disk in its intended boot position.
Perform the clone when booted from the Rescue CD.
Afterwards, shutdown and disconnect the ultra bay.
Boot new with only the new attached.
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Cloning Risks:
In theory, there should be no risk to the source drive during cloning as the disk is only read. In practice, however, there has been far too many postings of something going wrong during the process. Sometimes it is the operator choosing the wrong disk and cloning the blank onto the master; other times, the power fails during the process; at other times, the computer freezes and the the drive is lost. Simply stated, why take the risk of cloning when it takes on a few minutes longer to do the restore and the master disk is not even connected.
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