[SOLVED] Transfer LL from laptop to desktop w/ win7 sp1 (side-by-side)

[altman]

Got tone question ukbrian , How To burn this to iso for future backup or clone the install to another computer . If it can be done , never been able to burn a full iso install that worked yet on iso .

[tripple aught]

gold_finger

[quote author=tripple aught link=topic=1555.msg10959#msg10959 date=1422432282]
Tried the Fixparts first after backup...got error message "ERROR: WRONG ARCHITECTURE 'AMD64'(I know my system is 64)

Computer may be 64-bit capable, but you need to use version of FixParts that corresponds to the version of LL on the live DVD/USB you're using.  Sounds like you've got 32-bit version of LL and tried to install 64-bit Fixparts to it.[/quote]


So I had a BFO (Brilliant Flash Of the Obvious)
>The LL live boot disk I made was for the laptop 32 bit.
> Made LL live boot disk in 64 bit.
> Tried Fixparts again. It ran this time - it didn't ask me anything - it closed. I'm thinking that since the desktop only has a stand-alone /sda is the reason for this behavior. ?
> Booted again in Windows... ok
> Put 64 LL live in desktop - booted live.
> Still see /sda with System GPartEd - nada, nitch, nil with Install GPartEd.
> Will do the resizing routine you advised and post later.
Thanks

[ukbrian]

@altman
I've been using Debian stable for the last few years so I could use Refracta a Remastersys type app and it also worked on Mint but with the systemd changes to the boot process it don't work any more so creating ISO's is out.

They are developing it for the Debian stable "Jessie" which I hope will work.

I just downloaded the latest Ubuntu alpha to give it a try, not had time yet.

All I can say is check out "saline-backup" the developer wrote it for his own backup needs after he rewrote the GUI's for creating snapshots and installing using the Remastersys method as
he used Remastersys to write his release ISO's and he wanted a simple to use installer.

Sorry I'm not very clear but I'm a 72 YO semi-literate yokel who simply can't understand manuals RTFM LOL

[altman]

Hey thanx for the comeback ukbrian , no worries , I ll find a way one day ! lol

Tried lots of apps to no avail up to now .

I tought that Saline was discountinued !

[gold_finger]

So I had a BFO (Brilliant Flash Of the Obvious)
>The LL live boot disk I made was for the laptop 32 bit.
> Made LL live boot disk in 64 bit.
> Tried Fixparts again. It ran this time - it didn't ask me anything - it closed. I'm thinking that since the desktop only has a stand-alone /sda is the reason for this behavior. ?

If FixParts didn't find any stray GPT data, then apparently that wasn't the problem and you did right thing to close out of it.  We're probably missing something simple here, but I'm not sure what that is yet.

So I had a BFO (Brilliant Flash Of the Obvious)
>Still see /sda with System GPartEd - nada, nitch, nil with Install GPartEd.

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.  Are you choosing the "Something else" installation type and then seeing the blank partitioning screen?  My last guess is that you're doing that, but maybe it shows up blank because the shrink hasn't been done yet -- therefore it doesn't see anywhere available to install to and just shows a blank screen.  (Purely a guess -- I've not done a side by side install without first preparing partitions, so not sure how installer reacts when doing what I just described.)  If guess is right, then as soon as you shrink the Windows "C:drive" partition and have unallocated space on the drive big enough to install to, your problem may disappear.

[N4RPS]

Hello!

It's probably safer and better to use Windows Disk Management - IF it will shrink a partition that is currently in use by Windows.

I tried out redo for curiosity  and failed!

I backed up a 20 GB Lite partition on my internal 1 TB drive(sdb1) and tried to install it on a 20GB partition on a 250GB external drive(sdb2)

When it asked for a drive to reinstall to and I pointed at sdb2 it threw an error that the drive is smaller than the original.

I would expect an error if the partition was smaller but not the drive.

Hello!

That's because, more or less, Redo is designed to back up the entire drive.

When backing up, it records the size of the entire drive. Come restoration time, if the destination drive is smaller than the drive that was backed up, Redo will puke.

I use Clonezilla to back up individual partitions. I'm sure other may have different methods...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[ukbrian]

@ N4RPS
That was my conclusion with Redo

I found Clonzilla a bit to complicated for me.

I've seen fsarchiver mentioned but not qt4-fsarchiver a simple GUI front end http://qt4-fsarchiver.sourceforge.net/

It's quick and simple if you are restoring back to the original partition but be aware if you restore to a new partition it restores the original UUID to that partition so you ban end up with 2 identical UUID's on a machine which you can change in gparted and then change the UUID in fstab, it also copies the MBR.

A video I made of qt4-fsarchiver in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKjGbLbflU

I did a restore ISO for it for LMDE and 2 years later it was still averaging 50 downloads a month.

@altman

I thought that SalineOS was discontinued !

Correct, when fragadelic(Remastersys) packed up he moved over to Manjaro.

I still use some of the utilities he developed,  grub-doctor I use a lot, he did do a grub-doctor-uefi version but I've never used that.

grub-doctor video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-YWYwbkeGg

[altman]

Thanx for the comeback ukbrian , didn t know fragadelic was with Manjaro afterward .

Might give  qt4-fsarchiver a try .

[ukbrian]

didn't know fragadelic was with Manjaro afterward

Sorry to mislead you, me and my words.
Anthony Nordquist the former developer of SalineOS moved to Manjaro not fragadelic

[altman]

ah , no worries . Thanx for the comeback mate .