Hi Andre, [Replying inline] Best regards Nio Den 2014-11-16 20:02, Andre Rodovalho skrev: > I can't get boot when I restore a drive. Maybe because my root dir is > not /dev/sda1. My first partition is a swap... > > Or maybe you can get a boot drive because grub was already installed on > your MBR, and you restored the image on a bootable drive...
I'll check what happens after wiping the first megabyte with mkusb. > I do store the image as .img (default), how you got a .iso file? 'Disks' created an iso file extension by default. Maybe it recognized the ISO9660 file system. I think it was when using Lubuntu Vivid. > The uncompressed result is not good, this is why I do not use to make > image of /home partition. It is ok for me to store 12gb img files on my > external drive, but not the /home... I do like to make /home separate, > that is why I don't use OBI for this, specifically... Would it be worthwhile to make the OBI recognize and manage a home partition (to check in /etc/fstab and take action when there is a home partition)? > I remember I tried to compress the generated .img file, and then restore > it using a command line pipe. But I had no luck, maybe I needed to know > some more specific parameters to get that done... Or would it be more useful to make a script that wraps dd into something safer and more user friendly? Or consider using rsync or fsarchiver? > I can do exactly what I do with DD, and get a .gz file. But as you said, > sometimes you can mess things up with DiskDestroyer... I think you have found a method that works well for your purpose :-) > 2014-11-16 13:35 GMT-02:00 Israel <israeld...@gmail.com > <mailto:israeld...@gmail.com>>: > > On 11/16/2014 08:53 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > I've tried 'Disks' alias gnome-disks in Lubuntu 14.04.1 and Vivid. > > > > I could make it create an iso file from a partition, but not from the > > whole drive. Trying from the whole drive gave me an error both running > > as a regular user and with sudo. (I tested with a Tiny Core iso file, > > which is small so it was fast.) > > > > When I restored from the image of the partition I got a working boot > > drive. (I cloned the Ubuntu mini.iso in between so that the pendrive was > > changed.) I think this is not logical (and not corresponding to how dd > > is used). Restoring a partition should not restore the whole drive, but > > I guess it is intended to work this way. > > > > I could make it flash, clone alias 'restore' a boot USB drive from > > another iso file (I tested with the Ubuntu mini.iso (because it is small > > so it was fast). > > > > -o- > > > > Conclusion: I'm glad that I learned about this feature of 'Disks'. It is > > certainly possible to use in order to make a USB boot drive. There is an > > extra 'final warning window', so it should be safe enough to use. And > > best of all, it offers a working solution, when the Startup Disk Creator > > suffers from a really bad bug (# 1325801) plus several minor bugs. > > > > -o- > > > > But of course, I still think that my mkusb is better ;-) > > +1 > :) > > One important extra feature of mkusb is the ability to use general > > compressed image files (an iso file often contains the compressed > > container squashfs, but is not itself compressed). Another extra feature > > of mkusb is the ability to check if the content of the iso file matches > > that of the pendrive, and suggest updating for iso-testing. And there > > are several informative windows including a final warning with red > > background. > > > > Best regards > > Nio > > > > > > -- > Regards > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
