I take it that this is an attempt to blow my brain up? :P In the words of Jon Luc Piccard.... "make it so"... aka, get it done :)
Kindest Regards, Phill. On 17 November 2014 12:57, Andre Rodovalho <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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