On Mon 18 Apr 2022 at 16:06:48 (-0400), Default User wrote: > BTW, I think I have narrowed the previous restore problem down to what I > believe is a "buggy" early UEFI implementation on my computer (circa 2014). > Irrelevant now; I have re-installed with BIOS (not UEFI) booting and MBR > (not GPT) partitioning. And have successfully tested restoring using both > Timeshift and Conezilla. > > And regarding learning by experience - oh, how I know. I've done so much of > that, I have a degree from the "school of hard knocks"!
Just FTR, reverting to MBR should not be necessary, and you lose GPT's advantages and future-proofing. BIOS machines should be able to boot Grub from GPT because it's using the protective MBR that's left in place. And Grub should tell you if you don't leave the necessary space for its core image somewhere on a GPT disk (ie a BIOS Boot partition). Cheers, David.
