<div dir="ltr">Thankyou... </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">2014-11-17 10:52 GMT+00:00 Nio Wiklund <<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com" target="_blank">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>>: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi again, *More about gnome-disks* I have checked after wiping the first megabyte with mkusb and reinstalling into the USB pendrive. Tiny Core is still booting, so a bootloader was written. Maybe, when the img extension is [automatically] selected, 'Disks' does not write any bootloader into the image, while it does make a complete bootable image, when the iso extension is [automatically] selected. I read the manual man gnome-disks but it is very brief, four options (including help). At least in Lubuntu Vivid, nothing happens when I select help from the menu, so it is not straight-forward to get detailed information, but I found this link explaining the objectives <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Disks" target="_blank">https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Disks</a> It seems to be in an active development phase. Best regards Nio Den 2014-11-17 07:19, Nio Wiklund skrev: <div><div class="h5">> Hi Andre, > [Replying inline] > Best regards > Nio > > Den 2014-11-16 20:02, Andre Rodovalho skrev: >> I can't get boot when I restore a drive. Maybe because my root dir is >> not /dev/sda1. My first partition is a swap... >> >> Or maybe you can get a boot drive because grub was already installed on >> your MBR, and you restored the image on a bootable drive... > > I'll check what happens after wiping the first megabyte with mkusb. > >> I do store the image as .img (default), how you got a .iso file? > > 'Disks' created an iso file extension by default. Maybe it recognized > the ISO9660 file system. I think it was when using Lubuntu Vivid. > >> The uncompressed result is not good, this is why I do not use to make >> image of /home partition. It is ok for me to store 12gb img files on my >> external drive, but not the /home... I do like to make /home separate, >> that is why I don't use OBI for this, specifically... > > Would it be worthwhile to make the OBI recognize and manage a home > partition (to check in /etc/fstab and take action when there is a home > partition)? > >> I remember I tried to compress the generated .img file, and then restore >> it using a command line pipe. But I had no luck, maybe I needed to know >> some more specific parameters to get that done... > > Or would it be more useful to make a script that wraps dd into something > safer and more user friendly? Or consider using rsync or fsarchiver? > >> I can do exactly what I do with DD, and get a .gz file. But as you said, >> sometimes you can mess things up with DiskDestroyer... > > I think you have found a method that works well for your purpose :-) > >> 2014-11-16 13:35 GMT-02:00 Israel <<a href="mailto:israeldahl@gmail.com">israeldahl@gmail.com</a> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:israeldahl@gmail.com">israeldahl@gmail.com</a>>>: >> >> On 11/16/2014 08:53 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: </div></div>>> > Hi again,i <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">>> > >> > I've tried 'Disks' alias gnome-disks in Lubuntu 14.04.1 and Vivid. >> > >> > I could make it create an iso file from a partition, but not from the >> > whole drive. Trying from the whole drive gave me an error both running >> > as a regular user and with sudo. (I tested with a Tiny Core iso file, >> > which is small so it was fast.) >> > >> > When I restored from the image of the partition I got a working boot >> > drive. (I cloned the Ubuntu mini.iso in between so that the pendrive was >> > changed.) I think this is not logical (and not corresponding to how dd >> > is used). Restoring a partition should not restore the whole drive, but >> > I guess it is intended to work this way. >> > >> > I could make it flash, clone alias 'restore' a boot USB drive from >> > another iso file (I tested with the Ubuntu mini.iso (because it is small >> > so it was fast). >> > >> > -o- >> > >> > Conclusion: I'm glad that I learned about this feature of 'Disks'. It is >> > certainly possible to use in order to make a USB boot drive. There is an >> > extra 'final warning window', so it should be safe enough to use. And >> > best of all, it offers a working solution, when the Startup Disk Creator >> > suffers from a really bad bug (# 1325801) plus several minor bugs. >> > >> > -o- >> > >> > But of course, I still think that my mkusb is better ;-) >> >> +1 >> :) >> > One important extra feature of mkusb is the ability to use general >> > compressed image files (an iso file often contains the compressed >> > container squashfs, but is not itself compressed). Another extra feature >> > of mkusb is the ability to check if the content of the iso file matches >> > that of the pendrive, and suggest updating for iso-testing. And there >> > are several informative windows including a final warning with red >> > background. >> > >> > Best regards >> > Nio >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users</a> >> >> >> >> > </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>