Re: Ubuntu 8.04

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
Karl Larsen wrote:


OK well that must be how it is done. I would like to have that
capability because I backup my Ubuntu to a USB hard drive. I would like
to boot the backup and be sure I have everything backed up :-)


Depending on how you do it, most backups aren't bootable. In most cases
they're compressed or some backup methods won't transfer from internal
configurations to an external, storable media and boot with that
configuration since the drive parameters are different. But I could be
wrong, and I don't know how you're doing the backups.

You could, of course, try cloning your drive to an identical drive in a
USB enclosure and then swap the drive around if it won't boot from the USB.

Or use Partimage to clone your partition over and then format and
"restore" the partition, if you're feeling brave. Or restore to another
drive and see if it still works.

-Bart


A year or two ago I took the HD out of the plastic USB case and
hooked it to the computer direct and it did boot fine but had a hickup
or two. I use rsync for my backup's.

Karl


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