if you want a bootable clone have you tried just dd the drive to an .iso file?
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:48 PM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el....@gmail.com> wrote: > HH: > > Thanks for the reply and suggestion . . . w/o knowing about backintime, > the problem with apple's time machine is that it doesn't make a bootable > "clone" . . . it just backs up files from an install . . . but to move the > files back there has to be an installed system . . . . The bootable clone > moves everything needed to boot the system into a fresh partition . . . > ready to boot . . . . > > F > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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/mailm >> an/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> > >
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