Thanks - excellent suggestions. I'm definitely comfortable with the Linux command line, having used it since 1998 (and SunOS/Solaris for a while before then). Fernando Botelho <Fernando.Botelho@F123.org> wrote:
If you are confortable with Linux, you can use dd for entire drives, and later on, storeBackup for more routine backup operations. People like rsync a lot, but storeBackup is an entirely new level of features, including incremental backups and much more. All available via command line.
Fernando
On 01/24/2019 01:25 PM, Eigeldinger Simon wrote:
Hi,
For backing up a complete drive i use Clonezilla. Works well and is accessible.
Clonezilla Live boots off a usb stick or cd. Its basically debian with an automatically starting clonezilla.
https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=testing
Greetings, Simon -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Jason White via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Jänner 2019 15:31 An: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Cc: Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net> Betreff: [Blind-sysadmins] Some backup and UEFI questions
I'm performing background research, and asking questions on mailing lists, in preparation for an attempt to install Linux alongside the existing Windows environment on my Lenovo P51 laptop.
What are the most accessible options for creating a backup of the existing drive and its Windows partitions, before I make changes?
I've installed several distributions of Linux before, but on BIOS-based systems, and without another operating system installed. UEFI and Secure Boot complicate the situation. I've asked on a Linux User's Group list as well, but any suggestions that subscribers here can offer (or good links taht I might any advice that subscribers here can offer, or links to good references taht I may not ahve found, would be welcome.
The laptop also has Intel Management Engine firmware, but it hasn't been configured. It may enable the UEFI menus to be made accessible - but I haven't looked into the details yet. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org