temis Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Is there a way to create a carbon copy image of 10.4.5 with all apps and stuff installed and restore it to another system ? what apps or utility ? Will this image be usable with OSx86 install DVD disk utility restore feature ? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 temis i also wanted to start this kind of topic U've been first. My question is: Is there any app that understands correctly HFS+ and copies the partition without including FREE space in the image??? The image i get is 30GB using Ghost 8.2, Ghost 10, Acronis True Image 9, Paragon Drive Backup. Disk Utility from 10.4.3 Install DVD won't help, because u can't drag the partition to restore The only tool i have found is PartitionImage( http://www.partimage.org/ ), but didn't try it yet(i don't have much Linux experience). Please share u knowledge! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-66998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmesal Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I started a new topic regarding this issue too se: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=10419 I made in DMG image of my OSX10.4.5 and saved in a partion inorder to be able to restore when need it. But when I boot of the DVD, diskutils cant restore the image because you cant access the the disks and partions. You need a good knowlege about terminal commands to mount these disks and partions. I am still loking for help in the forum without luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-67009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 OK. I have managed to understand how and to make a bootable copy of my 10.4.5 Instalation just by using a Script File. I have tested it this night several times - seems to work good . I will post the file later, because i'm at work now. Next on my shedule is to make a zipped copy of backup and to be able to restore it from a bootable disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-68468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 About Partimage... it doesn't work with HFS+ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-68485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubhead Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Ok this "could" probably work for you... Try to get a Demo of "SuperDuper" its a tool for Backup and Clone on DiskImage Basis Make a copy of your Installation with it...when it is ready it will bless the Image it has created...BUT you cant boot after a Restore from it ....(i came onto the idea by looking at the Apps scripts) that it uses the PPC bless so what u could do is afterwards. Take the Image it created and Convert it with Diskutil to a read/write Image.Then mount it..and replace in /usr/standalone/i386 the Boot files .with the Boot files in the 10.4.3 thread of the "person with no Name :censored2: " Site and the supplied Boot.plist Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-68510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 This is the script. It worked for me very well. In this case "BIG" is the partition's name I backed up to. In some 7-10 minutes u have a fully bootable copy of your system. Now i want to modify the script so it will be able to create an zipped version of backup to be able to restore it from a Live CD or something. =====Begin===== sudo ditto /Applications /Volumes/BIG/Applications sudo ditto /Library /Volumes/BIG/Library sudo ditto /System /Volumes/BIG/System sudo ditto /Users /Volumes/BIG/Users sudo ditto /cores /Volumes/BIG/cores sudo ditto /private /Volumes/BIG/private sudo ditto /usr /Volumes/BIG/usr sudo ditto /bin /Volumes/BIG/bin sudo ditto /sbin /Volumes/BIG/sbin sudo ditto /mach_kernel /Volumes/BIG/mach_kernel sudo ditto /AppleSMBIOS /Volumes/BIG/AppleSMBIOS cd /Volumes/BIG mkdir dev Volumes Network ln -s private/etc etc ln -s private/var var ln -s private/tmp tmp sudo bless -folder /Volumes/BIG/System/Library/CoreServices \ =====End===== Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-69160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Guys all we need to do is replace the old version of Disk Utility on our install DVDs (10.5.4 build 198.9) with the new one (10.5.6 build 198.12), and "drag into restore field" will work, as it does when we boot into 10.4.7 and use DU there!! On our DVDs DU is stored right here: /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app grab your DVD(s) and check the version.plist under Contents in Disk Utility.app: most likely you all have the old version. If not, boot from DVD and see if drag&restore works. So who of you guys knows how to edit our hybrid ISO images without f***ing up the boot image within them?? @ Genesis: you need to do two one thing before and one thing while backing up (I used Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image): 1: in Mac OS open Disk Utility, choose the drive you want to backup, click onto the button 'Erase', check 'Erase free space', leave first option 'zero ...', click OK. Otherwise the archives from Ghost and TI become bigger than they need to be .. 2: in both, Ghost ans Acronis TI, when you are preparing your backup job, you need to go under Options or Customs Properties or so and enable compressing of the archive. I always use maximal compression, which is the most efficient when run over night. I ditched TI because it refused to write the image on a new drive. Ghost however did that willingly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-147776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I just made an updated boot CD via TransMac with the most current version of DU, which is correctly displayed as 10.5.6 build 198.12, but dragging any HFS-drive or partition into the restore text field still doesn't work .. So it is not DU itself that doesn't do the job at this level but some part of the installer (the installer itself, some old or missing framework, kext, etc.) that does not allow drag&drop at this pre-state of the OS .. that's really a bummer .. .. and guess what: this doesn't even work on genuine Intel iMacs, as Apple admits here A discussion about this is going on over at shirt-pocket.com: Intel Mac DVD Disk Utility Problems In a German forum someone said that this is an old bug from some install DVDs of 10.3 PPC. So for the Intel install DVD Apple must have taken an old template .. However it is still possible to do a restore via terminal. If any of you can contribute to help solving this before Apple, you are very welcome to do so. PS: we badly need a working live disk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-147906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Make bootable clone with RSyncX Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10687-create-a-restore-image-of-1045/#findComment-150026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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