Diskutility question

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snowatom

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I'm trying to make a copy of my mac to a image file.

I have a G4 OS Tiger 10.4.4, it is instanled with one partition of 80 GB

My problem is

When i start the Diskutility and make a new archive from harddisk to imagefile I get the error "Ressouce in use". Well can't argue with that ;) - But if I try to make the image file to the network I get the same error.

What I want is my whole HD copied to one image file I can use to recreate my Mac if it crashes. And it seems that Diskutility is the program to do just that.

Am I trying to do things that isen't possible ?, I'm quite new at this. But it would be nice to have a backup if I crash my system. The whole update of OsX and application installing take quite some time.

Please help

snowatom
 
'Am I trying to do some thing that is not possible?', yes - that is correct.

Instead, boot from a 'Tiger' installation DVD or from another volume; then, use the DVD's or other volume's 'Disk Utility' to create an image of your initial boot drive.
 
Damn, that I have also Tried.

On my mac i have a 80 GB disk, I have only used 17 GB. So I made a 20 GB dmg file that I could copy my HD to. But then I get the error (-34)"No Space Left On Device". No space ???

My HD has used 17 GB the dmg file is 20 GB. WHAT ???? Is this because the program tries to backup my HD 17 GB and the DMG file 20 GB that is on the same HD, that makes the total used space 37 GB. onto the dmg file at 20 GB.. Damn that was a bit messy, hope you understand.

OK, could I use the bootdisc to make the dmg file to a network drive, cause then I guess my problem would be solved. But I cant seem to mount network drives when booted from Tiger CD.

snowatom
 
'... could I use the bootdisc to make the dmg file to a network drive'(?), no.

As per the original reply - 'Instead, boot ... from another volume'.
 
You definitely need another partition or volume to save this to, if you intend to create an image off a HD. You got it right the second time: If you have the disk image on the HD, Disk Utility of course wants to copy _that_ into it, too. ;) ...

Get an external Firewire harddrive. They're not _that_ expensive and they're _really_ useful for backup tasks as well as extending your disk space in general.
 
Thank you for you help

I finaly made it work :o) - I started from scratch and made 2 partitions as you said I could do. Both installed with OSX, then I just start the secundary partition, and make an image from primary partition.



snowatom
 
Try the free (I think) Carbon Copy Cloner. Others have highly recommended that. I've also looked at Silverkeeper.

Doug
 
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