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Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk

From	Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk
Date	2018-11-03 10:00 +0100
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On Saturday, November 3, 2018 9:45:11 AM -03 local10 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am looking for an (easy) way to create a backup copy of working bootable
> Debian Buster HD. The idea here is to have a second bootable
> fully-functional HD which is normally offline but updated from time to
> time, including all user data and installed packages.
> 
> So for that purpose I have two HDs (working and backup), both are the same
> model, the same size, both are partitioned exactly the same way (three
> partitions: /boot, /, swap). Rsync-ing "/" partitions is not a problem and
> coping boot partition files from "working /boot" to "backup /boot" could be
> easily done too. However, I'm having issues making the backup HD bootable.
> Either I'm doing something wrong with grub-install and/or perhaps just
> coping files from "working /boot" to "backup /boot" isn't a good idea?
> 
> Thanks

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Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable (non-UEFI)  Debian hard disk local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2018-11-03 09:50 +0100
  Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2018-11-03 10:00 +0100
  Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-11-03 10:30 +0100
    Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-11-03 17:30 +0100
    Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-11-03 18:20 +0100
      Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-11-04 10:50 +0100
    Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2018-11-03 18:30 +0100
      Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-11-04 11:00 +0100
        [SOLVED, kind of] Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of  a bootable (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2018-11-04 23:10 +0100
  Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2018-11-03 12:30 +0100
  Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-11-03 21:40 +0100
    Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2018-11-03 23:00 +0100
      Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable  (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-11-04 03:20 +0100
        Your choice of Virtualization Software D&P Dimov <lddimov@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-04 04:40 +0100
          Re: Your choice of Virtualization Software David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-11-04 08:00 +0100
            Re: Your choice of Virtualization Software David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-11-05 02:50 +0100
          Re: Your choice of Virtualization Software Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-04 10:20 +0100

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