Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Axel Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: Making a hard drive image Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 20:21:58 +1000 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <10t72ql$nfbm$1@news.usenet.ovh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 7pMTjF5RRDcjDVh9OaIo3g06zWOfINGWMoBttLshiU5un28Hna Cancel-Lock: sha1:5rxpZswAlun8qnUr3SKJ9e1A36Q= sha256:gTgc9r1C/HPeykwmyNuPTnJ9Q5c3idxPhvHx7/kbrSM= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.23 In-Reply-To: <10t72ql$nfbm$1@news.usenet.ovh> Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mint:47332 german newsgroups wrote: > Le 03/05/2026 à 06:00, Axel a écrit : >> >> I want a full back up of my 500Gb NVME disk. I tried Foxclone, but I >> found that the image can only be written back to the original drive, >> which pretty much negates it's usefulness. I want an image of the >> NVME drive I can use on any disk to create a working drive. I tried >> the Disks app, and discovered it doesn't compress the image, and >> since the image created is a bit over 500 Gb, I can only write it to >> a drive larger than 500Gb. (sigh) I think the problem is that the >> NVME drive is actually a fraction over 500Gb, since if I try to clone >> it to a 500Gb drive I get a message that the receptor drive is too >> small. I was told I can reduce the partition on the NVME drive to >> make a smaller image, but I'm afraid to do that in case I lose data. >> I will try Rescuezilla, but if that doesn't compress the image >> there's no gain from that. Does anyone have any better suggestions >> for what I can do? thanks to all. :) >> > > why this image ? > > when you install...the time stamps is correct ! the time stamps > software install too ! > > so, after what we need ? a skeleton about yours folder with the config > files ? yes, the name user is not the sometimes... > > what is your feel ? > Je ne comprends pas votre anglais -- Linux Mint 22.3