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maya77
10-14-2008, 11:40 PM
Anyone know for a good program to backup Leopard partition to a image file?

I used TrueImage on Windows, and would like to have some similar program on Mac, to backup system partition to a compressed file on another partition.

Thanks in advance.
eMatoS
10-15-2008, 02:06 AM
Try Carbon Copy Cloner (http://osx.iusethis.com/app/carboncopycloner)
nfoav8or
10-15-2008, 03:44 AM
Why not Disk Utility. See Naquaada's Disk Utility Post:

http://www.infinitemac.com/f19/disk-utility-make-full-use-of-it-t1382/
Voyn1x
10-15-2008, 08:43 AM
One thing to note is that the efi bootloader isn't cloned, you'll have to reinstall chameleon once you've restored.
zuz242
10-15-2008, 01:50 PM
Why not Disk Utility. See Naquaada's Disk Utility Post:

http://www.infinitemac.com/f19/disk-utility-make-full-use-of-it-t1382/

i second that. using disk-util from boot dvd or different systempartition did work for me.
i used it to restore bricked systems. but afaik it only works with partitions the same size.
concerning bootability i think it ran without need of reinstalling cameleon..

btw: i used acronis before, it did work as well (on ide / mbr config)
Dies
10-15-2008, 09:29 PM
i second that. using disk-util from boot dvd or different systempartition did work for me.
i used it to restore bricked systems. but afaik it only works with partitions the same size.
concerning bootability i think it ran without need of reinstalling cameleon..

btw: i used acronis before, it did work as well (on ide / mbr config)


No, it only compresses the portion that's actually in use, so the only requirement is that the partition you restore to is large enough to hold the original data when expanded.
maya77
10-15-2008, 10:16 PM
Thanks for the info. I'll try with Disk Utility from install DVD.
nfoav8or
10-15-2008, 11:02 PM
No, it only compresses the portion that's actually in use, so the only requirement is that the partition you restore to is large enough to hold the original data when expanded.

Thanks Dies... very true. If the image-install doesn't allow you to boot, simply use your DVD to boot into your disk... Then install chameleon. Fast, Easy, Simple. :-)