On 25 Sep 2015 at 9:51, CS DBA wrote:
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From: CS DBA <cs_dba(a)consistentstate.com>
Subject: Linux on a Mac - restoring via rsync produces an
unbootable laptop
Date sent: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:51:09 -0600
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Hi all;
Recently I installed Fedora 21 on a macbook pro, it worked pretty well.
I take regular backups via an rsync of the entire system to an external
drive. After an update I had an issue I could not easily resolve so I
restored the last rsync of the system. On other laptops this simply
returns the system to what it was like at the time of the backup,
however on the macbook it rendered it un-bootable, it simply booted to a
mac error screen
Anyone know what I did wrong? Is there a different approach I need to
take for backups?
Thanks in advance
There are various programs that can help with doing disk/partition images.
I've been the maintainer of the G4L project since about 2004. It basically
uses dd with compression options to make image files on network or local
devices. It also includes ntfsclone and fsarchiver to make file level images.
Since dd is used for most options, and does a full backup of all sectors, it is
best to clear all unused sectors before doing a backup, and options to do that
are included. Takes a longer than file level, but you then have a bit level
backup of system, so issues of not only file data is insured, but all other
security and links are also. Have program as part of my grub boot menu to
run, or let students automatically restore the 160G Windows 7 partition on
machines. Keep a copy of the Windows and linux partions on partition
/dev/sda8, and have it setup to restore the 30G image of Window 7 in about
12 minutes. Putting the image on a 128G usb 3 flash, it can be restored in
about 4 1/2 minutes.
There are other programs like G4U, and Clonezilla and others, and there is
always just using dd.
Program is free and on sourceforge.
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