Restore to different AAO A110

Hi

I recently got an AAO A110 SSD version running Linpus - I've now spent some time setting it up how I like etc. I've created a backup using macles easy backup tool ( http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/12/acer ... ackup.html ). I've decided to go in with a few friends and get another AAO A110 SSD as a bday present. Is it possible to restore to this computer from the backup USB? thus saving time setting it up nicely

Thanks for any help

 

Hi robby!

On a similar note, I was wondering whether it is possible to restore a backup to a different partition i.e. if I partition the AAO's drive to keep my docs/music/videos out of harm's reach, can I resotre to the OS partition.

I'm thinking that the Acer system recovery software will probably not let you do this, but if there's another way... anyone?

James

 

Restoring a complete SSD image to a new A110 should work without any problem. The Acer system recovery software also reimages the complete SSD.

Restoring a backed up partition to a new partition is possible, but a little tricky. My strategy is as follows:

Backup
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1. Shrink the partition to be backed up using Gparted
2. Create a compressed backup using partimage

In order to restore the backed up partition to a new partition, the new partition must be at least as large as the backed up partition was after step 1 above.

Restore
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3. Restore the backed up partition to a new partition using partimage
4. Use resize2fs to grow the filesystem on the newly-restored partition to fill the complete partition. Without this step, your newly-restored partition will appear to be the size of the shrunken filesystem from step 1 above.
5. Fix up /etc/fstab so that the proper partition is mounted as /
6. I have a separate boot partition, so I need to make sure /etc/fstab mounts this partition properly and I need to ensure that the boot partition's grub.conf file is properly configured.