I'd like to see that. I find Redo very simple to use, but the base is a bit dated, and the fact that it doesn't automatically scale partitions to the hard drive size seems odd given that feature is available on just about every other decent image software.
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Firstly I should probably say this update was made by me for me.
I am happy to share and welcome feedback - but if this eats your Cat / Dog / Homework / Server - you really should have known better.
The pigz application has been installed in chroot and renamed and copied to /bin/gzip
The Perl module Sys::CPU was installed so we can detect the number of CPU cores and push that back to pigz as N-1 for the number of threads to use.
A few extra lines were added for CPU core detection.
Compression was changed from --fast to -3 - to try and improve compression ratio's a little without overly impacting processing time.
I thought this might help as we can now take advantage of more than 1 CPU core.
Current ISO size is about 320Mb - I will be looking to reduce this by removing or replacing packages.
For example the current Chrome Browser libraries are about 150Mb all by themselves when uncompressed.
Suggestions and feedback are welcome
ISO is currently uploading.
Due to my slow upload speed I would expect it to be finished 3~4 hours from time of posting.
Is there a way to add the Backup/Restore application to a current ISO such as Ubuntu 16.04. If so, could someone point me in the right direction to try.
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Thanks for the iso :) downloading it now to trial it. I have been using redo backup for a while now without issue, other than the odd graphics issue. Hopefully using the ubuntu base will help in these areas. Thanks again
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Today, about 2 months after my last post above where I succeeded to do a backup through my local network, I wanted to do another backup of the same data.
Same machine (with no hardware changes), same network, same NAS to put the backup on, same Redo Backup CD than the first time.
But today Redo doesn't recognize my network hardware...
The little icon on the bottom right of the screen now shows 2 computer screens with a cross, if I remember well the first time this icon had 2 green dots...
I don't understand how this is possible ?
I someone has a clue...
Regards, Roland
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Thanks Michal for the answer.
My network settings are the same than 2 month ago (it's a little network with no DHCP server, just some computers, printers, and a NAS with fixed IP addresses).
It looks like it's Redo Backup wich doesn't recognazise the network hardware on my computer.
Although on my first backup 2 months ago it saw the network hardware wich didn't change ?!
The only thing I can imagine is that windows update modified something in the network card firmware...
Regards, Roland
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Not too worried about the USB boot but wanted to use external USB 3.0 drives to backup/clone. I'll check Ubuntu 12.04 specs or give it a try and post back.
Thanks for putting up the refreshed version. Lots of other options out there but I still like and use (and donated) Redo.
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I if anyone is interested in testing I have an updated REDO iso using Ubuntu 12.04 as of Aug 2014.
It has latest patches, drivers etc.
I am also testing using pigz - a threaded gzip replacement.
The REDO script now detects the number of cpu cores and uses N-1 for compression, if you have a single core machine it defaults to 1 core.
My upload is fairly slow - but if people are interested i'll put up a torrent or upload to web space somewhere
OAM
I'd like to see that. I find Redo very simple to use, but the base is a bit dated, and the fact that it doesn't automatically scale partitions to the hard drive size seems odd given that feature is available on just about every other decent image software.
Firstly I should probably say this update was made by me for me.
I am happy to share and welcome feedback - but if this eats your Cat / Dog / Homework / Server - you really should have known better.
You have been warned.
The updated ISO was built by following the steps on this page
https://sourceforge.net/p/redobackup/wiki/Home/
The pigz application has been installed in chroot and renamed and copied to /bin/gzip
The Perl module Sys::CPU was installed so we can detect the number of CPU cores and push that back to pigz as N-1 for the number of threads to use.
A few extra lines were added for CPU core detection.
Compression was changed from
--fastto-3- to try and improve compression ratio's a little without overly impacting processing time.I thought this might help as we can now take advantage of more than 1 CPU core.
Current ISO size is about 320Mb - I will be looking to reduce this by removing or replacing packages.
For example the current Chrome Browser libraries are about 150Mb all by themselves when uncompressed.
Suggestions and feedback are welcome
ISO is currently uploading.
Due to my slow upload speed I would expect it to be finished 3~4 hours from time of posting.
ISO can be found here when upload finished :
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B36hIlLlK--hRzRUbHdzZXMyVTQ&authuser=0
MD5 and SHA256 checksums are in the text file.
Anyways - hope this helps someone.
Tell me what you think.
Cheers.
Edit : I should also mention the update is using the current Ubuntu HWE kernel 3.13 - this helps greatly with device and driver detection.
Fixed ISO and updated checksums have been uploaded.
Last edit: OAM775 2014-08-24
Is there a way to add the Backup/Restore application to a current ISO such as Ubuntu 16.04. If so, could someone point me in the right direction to try.
Daryl - The partition size issue is a limitation of how the backup script works.
Keep in mind that all of the magic is performed by a perl script.
The original authors appear to have keep it simple in that area as adding too much logic can potentially cause problems.
The ISO does include GParted - so you can re-size partitions larger after restoring from backup.
Others have posted about editing a backup file to reduce the expected minimum disk size to allow recovery to smaller partitions.
While this apparently works - it does rely on the user knowing what they are doing, actual data size and minimum disk size requirements.
Thanks for the iso :) downloading it now to trial it. I have been using redo backup for a while now without issue, other than the odd graphics issue. Hopefully using the ubuntu base will help in these areas. Thanks again
I am downloading it as well; I will create a torrent of it and post it on my seedbox.
Thanks!
A big THANK YOU to you OAM775 !
I was not able to access my network with Redo Backup, but with your moded ISO, it's OK now.
Roland
Today, about 2 months after my last post above where I succeeded to do a backup through my local network, I wanted to do another backup of the same data.
Same machine (with no hardware changes), same network, same NAS to put the backup on, same Redo Backup CD than the first time.
But today Redo doesn't recognize my network hardware...
The little icon on the bottom right of the screen now shows 2 computer screens with a cross, if I remember well the first time this icon had 2 green dots...
I don't understand how this is possible ?
I someone has a clue...
Regards, Roland
The network uses DHCP and might take a while to get online.
Also if you changed your network settings it may never get online
even with the same PC and NAS.
Make sure you have a working DHCP server or configure the network
manually in a terminal.
Thanks Michal for the answer.
My network settings are the same than 2 month ago (it's a little network with no DHCP server, just some computers, printers, and a NAS with fixed IP addresses).
It looks like it's Redo Backup wich doesn't recognazise the network hardware on my computer.
Although on my first backup 2 months ago it saw the network hardware wich didn't change ?!
The only thing I can imagine is that windows update modified something in the network card firmware...
Regards, Roland
Does this update to 12.04 fix the USB 3.0 issue?
@Diggs Ut - To be honest I can't remember if I tested USB 3.0 when I updated the ISO.
My MB has USB 3.0 on it but I booted from USB 2.0 port ( my MB wont boot from USB 3.0 ) and backed up to the network.
It
shouldsupport USB 3.0 if the Ubuntu HWE 3.13 Kernel has the required drivers.Not too worried about the USB boot but wanted to use external USB 3.0 drives to backup/clone. I'll check Ubuntu 12.04 specs or give it a try and post back.
Thanks for putting up the refreshed version. Lots of other options out there but I still like and use (and donated) Redo.
No problem - It should detect USB 3 as far as I am aware as it has a 3.x kernel, but as I mentioned I haven't specifically tested it.
Also for clarity and for everyone else I have uploaded and updated ISO to the same Google Drive account.
I did forget to trim some of the extra programs so the new ISO is a little larger at about ~330 Mb