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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9755 |
Macrium Reflect does not run on Linux, and apparently can't EVER run on Linux due to the fact that you can't unmount the system partition. Something like that, so said their website. So, I had to look for something else, and have found CloneZilla, which is what many Linux sites say is the tool to use to image a Linux system. I have pretty much got this system running the way I want, so I want to make at least one image of the system, so if I F....... Ahem.... If I stuff something up, I can copy the saved image back to another SSD(or the old one), and carry on from where I am up to now, without having to do it all again. Pretty much the same idea as cloning a Windoze drive, but just for Linux. Is CloneZilla what others would recommend? I only ask, as I don't really know what Linux applications are best for certain things, so I have to rely much more on what the web suggests then my own knowledge at this point - for now. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Revlac Guru  Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1207 |
Nice to see your enjoying it Grogster. I have been a Ubuntu user for a few years now and happy with it  , I still have some win7 and win8 on other computers etc.As for as drive cloning, I have not used any yet because the system was still running so well by the time the next edition was released. I guess its time I tried messing around with it a bit, found plenty of interesting stuff to look at, So found this ubuntupit.com there might be some interesting tools reviewed there if you haven't already seen it. Or here Well hopefully there is something helpful there. Cheers Aaron Off The Grid |
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| ajkw Senior Member  Joined: 29/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 290 |
Boot to a Linux OS from USB/CD and use dd at the command line. (I use Ubuntu, this should be correct for others) dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb if is input file or drive and of is output. Be very sure to get the /dev/xxx's correct. If you get it wrong there are consequences. In the above example it will clone a drive to a drive, you can do other things like dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img To save space, you can compress data produced by dd with gzip, e.g.: dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -c > /image.img You can restore your disk with: gunzip -c /image.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdb This is not a tutorial but more a hint of the power of dd and what you can do at the command line. I have cloned drives but I haven't tested the space saving example. Search dd & clone linux drive. Cheers, Anthony. |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4135 |
I've used dd like that (and with more compression e.g. bzip2) and it works fine - but you do need to make NO mistakes. You can copy a running disk (have it fairly inactive) and it's also fine. You can copy over the net e.g. from one disk (or partition) then probably to a compression program then across the net to somewhere (file or decompresss and to a disk or whatever). Not exactly user-friendly. As has been said: Linux - a nice place to live but you wouldn't want to visit there. (Somewhat unfair but does get the point across hopefully.) John |
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| bigfix Senior Member Joined: 20/02/2014 Location: AustriaPosts: 129 |
Why not Macrium Reflect Standalone Version from a USB Stick or CDrom ?? Macrium Reflect has a Menu Item to create this, so you need Windows only once to create it I usually had success borrowing a Macrium Reflect bootable version from another PC Edited 2019-08-11 02:28 by bigfix |
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SimpleSafeName Guru Joined: 28/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 351 |
Clonezilla is the way to go if you are going to clone it manually. It's its own version of linux and it has all of the tools that you will need. That said, Mint allows you to set up backup images as part of the installation, which is what I do. |
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hitsware2 Guru Joined: 03/08/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 734 |
Yes ! ...... If using Linux, one may as well actually use it ! :) my site |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9755 |
Excellent suggestion, thanks. I will try that one first, as I am familiar with Macrium Reflect, as I used it all the time to image my and other people's Windoze machines.I did not even know they had a stand-alone version - I will revisit their website. If that pans out, I will look into using CloneZilla, as there are several videos on YouTube about how you clone a Linux drive with that. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| hitsware2 Guru Joined: 03/08/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 734 |
Hey Grogster , You don't like to use the terminal ? my site |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9755 |
The Linux terminal is a scary place to me. You can do pretty much ANYTHING in the terminal. That is its power, but also its danger in the wrong hands.  I tend to heed the warnings of others that the terminal is NOT the place to be, if you are just playing around, as if you do the wrong thing in there, you can actually destroy the whole system.I am getting more and more used to using it, but I still consider myself a novice at the Linux terminal, and prefer GUI applications to do things. I guess I will get less nervous about it as I use it more and more from this point on as I move forward with Linux.  I might just have a go with the dd thing, and just be very sure I have the drives correctly identified.  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| hitsware2 Guru Joined: 03/08/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 734 |
Yes ....... The dd works good and is simple. I like to add as few apps as possible (to save space) ( Using Raspberry Pi as main P.C. ( There is some limitation of ARM software ) ) Edited 2019-08-11 12:46 by hitsware2 my site |
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