On 25 Sep 2015 at 9:51, CS DBA wrote: To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: CS DBA <cs_dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Linux on a Mac - restoring via rsync produces an unbootable laptop Date sent: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:51:09 -0600 Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 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. > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS ROSETTA 34744500.655018 | SETI 63084548.984710 ABC 16613838.513356 | EINSTEIN 72762375.917694 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
