I use backintime. It is very close to apple's time machine. Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 3:47 PM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Lu Users: > > I'm still trying to keep my PPC computers going, although each of them is > having one kind of problem or another . . . . The G4 iBook is where I have > Lu 16.04 installed and generally the iBook is "OK" except it looks like the > HD is starting to go "pre-failure" on us. > > The iBook is dual-boot with OSX 10.4 on one side of a 40 GB HD . . . I have > the OSX side cloned to an ext HD via Carbon Copy Cloner . . . and I've > noticed in other ubuntu-esque installs I have there has been a "Back-up" > package installed . . . I believe in U-MATE 16.04, but right now my PowerMac > Sawtooth is not booting so I can't try it out--but looking through the Lu > list I didn't see anything named "Back up." > > I ran a Synaptic search from the Lu and it showed a bunch of packages, > including Clonezilla, and rsync . . . I don't have many files that would need > to be "saved" . . . what I would like would be a "clone" of the present > install, so that I wouldn't have to remember the boot params and run a fresh > install . . . but, would like to make a clone of the Lubuntu side of the HD > on an ext HD, then when I would need to install a new HD I could boot from > the clone and move the install back into a partition of the new HD . . . . > Not sure if that would work as easily as it does from CCC, and/or whether the > GRUB data would carry over, but, it might be a time saver if it can be done > via some package???? > > Thanks, > > F > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > 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
