Thankyou... 2014-11-17 10:52 GMT+00:00 Nio Wiklund <[email protected]>:
> Hi again, > > *More about gnome-disks* > > I have checked after wiping the first megabyte with mkusb and > reinstalling into the USB pendrive. Tiny Core is still booting, so a > bootloader was written. > > Maybe, when the img extension is [automatically] selected, 'Disks' does > not write any bootloader into the image, while it does make a complete > bootable image, when the iso extension is [automatically] selected. > > I read the manual > > man gnome-disks > > but it is very brief, four options (including help). At least in Lubuntu > Vivid, nothing happens when I select help from the menu, so it is not > straight-forward to get detailed information, but I found this link > explaining the objectives > > https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Disks > > It seems to be in an active development phase. > > Best regards > Nio > > Den 2014-11-17 07:19, Nio Wiklund skrev: > > 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 <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>>: > >> > >> On 11/16/2014 08:53 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >> > Hi again,i > >> > > >> > 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 > >> [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
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