Any backup solution .. using 10.4.8 version

[chasingcharlie]

I've tried all of the backup solutions, including the built-in backup (with an add-on) and none of them work for me. Is the file setup in these hacked versions anything like the "real" Intel Mac?

When I use Ditto, in a couple of commands, a directory (folder), such as developer, is not found.

1. SuperDuper doesn't make the drive bootable

2. CCcloner grinds away and quits.

3. Psyncx2.2 just sits and is making a catalog for hours.

Below are the ditto commands but I get errors on the developer folder and on the fourth one for system.

Is there anyone who can compare these ditto commands (found on a Web site) to their folders and see if they're the same? (My backup is named backup_1 and I've changed the ditto commands to match that.)

I would appreciate any help at all on these. My system is using an ATI Sappire 1600X -- which I can't get to work either because some of the files to edit or not there -- Finder doesn't find them -- so maybe my system is screwed up but I've installed on two different drives about 10 times so I don't think it's something I'm doing.

Here are the ditto commands:

 

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /Applications /Volumes/Backup_1/Applications

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /Developer /Volumes/Backup_1/Developer

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /Library /Volumes/Backup_1/Library

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /System /Volumes/Backup_1/System

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /System\ Folder /Volumes/Backup_1/System\ Folder

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /Users /Volumes/Backup_1/Users

 

 

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /cores /Volumes/Backup_1/cores

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /private /Volumes/Backup_1/private

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /usr /Volumes/Backup_1/usr

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /bin /Volumes/Backup_1/bin

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /sbin /Volumes/Backup_1/sbin

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /mach_kernel /Volumes/Backup_1/mach_kernel

sudo ditto -rsrcFork /.hidden /Volumes/Backup_1/.hidden

 

 

cd /Volumes/Backup_1

ln -s private/etc etc

ln -s private/var var

ln -s private/tmp tmp

mkdir dev Volumes Network

 

sudo bless -folder /Volumes/Backup_1/System/Library/CoreServices \

-bootinfo /usr/standalone/ppc/bootx.bootinfo

sudo bless -folder9 /Volumes/Backup_1/System\ Folder -bootBlocks

 

optionally, use -label "volume name" to provide a name

 

 

thanks

charlie