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highend
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Problem with IFL (restore partition)

Post by highend »

Hello,

at first I show which commands I use after I booted a IFL v2.72 cd-rom (created through makeISO and burned from a Windows 7 system):

Backup
--------
Backup - Full Backup - Linux Drive - ATA Samsung SSD 830 (sda) - [x] Win 7 Partition (01) 122102 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
File (Direct) - Linux Drive - /dev/mapper/isw_defjbddfga_Storage - Storage Partition (02) 3815323 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7.tbi
F6 for the command shows: imagel --b --d:l1@0x1 --f:l0@0x2:"/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7"

Ok, this Backup works fine so far.

Now for the restore:
------------------------
Restore - Normal - File (Direct) - Linux Drive - /dev/mapper/isw_defjbddfga_Storage - Storage Partition (02) 3815323 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7.tbi -
[x] Drive 122104 MiB - Partial
[x] Win 7 Partition (01) 122102 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
Linux Drive - ATA Samsung SSD 830 (sda) - Win 7 Partition (01) 122102 MiB HPFS/NTFS
F6 shows: imagel --r --d:l1@0x1 --f:l0@0x2:"/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7"

And now the problem:
On the last restore screen (where you can press F6 for show command) I have a "text field" on the right side of the screen:
[ Resize Partition ]
Min New Max
7883 _____ MiB 122103

The New field is empty.

When I start the restore with Next and Start it completes successfully BUT I won't have a single Win 7 partition on the SSD
drive like I had before but a separated, unformatted new partition in front of the Win 7 partition with (iirc) 7883 MB...

If I'd try to do the same again, this new partition get's extended to about 16GB, while the Win 7 shrinks for another 8GB...

How to avoid this behavior of IFL?

System:
128GB Samsung 830 SSD with only one Windows 7 partition (correctly aligned)
2 x WD 2TB as a RAID 0 array (array name: Storage) on the Z77 onboard SATA Controller
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mjnelson99
Posts: 785
Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:24 am

Re: Problem with IFL (restore partition)

Post by mjnelson99 »

I wonder if it would make a difference if you use
makedisk.exe to create the CD?
Mary

On 7/11/2012 5:00 PM, highend wrote:
> Hello,
>
> at first I show which commands I use after I booted a IFL v2.72 cd-rom (created through makeISO and burned from a Windows 7 system):
>
> Backup
> --------
> Backup - Full Backup - Linux Drive - ATA Samsung SSD 830 (sda) - [x] Win 7 Partition (01) 122102 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
> File (Direct) - Linux Drive - /dev/mapper/isw_defjbddfga_Storage - Storage Partition (02) 3815323 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
> /Backup/Win7/x64/Win7.tbi
> F6 for the command shows: imagel --b --d:l1@0x1 --f:l0@0x2:"/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7"
>
> Ok, this Backup works fine so far.
>
> Now for the restore:
> ------------------------
> Restore - Normal - File (Direct) - Linux Drive - /dev/mapper/isw_defjbddfga_Storage - Storage Partition (02) 3815323 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
> /Backup/Win7/x64/Win7.tbi -
> [x] Drive 122104 MiB - Partial
> [x] Win 7 Partition (01) 122102 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
> Linux Drive - ATA Samsung SSD 830 (sda) - Win 7 Partition (01) 122102 MiB HPFS/NTFS
> F6 shows: imagel --r --d:l1@0x1 --f:l0@0x2:"/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7"
>
> And now the problem:
> On the last restore screen (where you can press F6 for show command) I have a "text field" on the right side of the screen:
> [ Resize Partition ]
> Min New Max
> 7883 _____ MiB 122103
>
> The New field is empty.
>
> When I start the restore with Next and Start it completes successfully BUT I won't have a single Win 7 partition on the SSD
> drive like I had before but a separated, unformatted new partition in front of the Win 7 partition with (iirc) 7883 MB...
>
> If I'd try to do the same again, this new partition get's extended to about 16GB, while the Win 7 shrinks for another 8GB...
>
> How to avoid this behavior of IFL?
>
> System:
> 128GB Samsung 830 SSD with only one Windows 7 partition (correctly aligned)
> 2 x WD 2TB as a RAID 0 array (array name: Storage) on the Z77 onboard SATA Controller
>
>

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TeraByte Support
Posts: 3616
Joined: Thu May 05, 2011 10:37 pm

Re: Problem with IFL (restore partition)

Post by TeraByte Support »

The new size box is only if you want to resize after restoring the
partition.

There is a different step, after you select the backup, it shows which
partitions to restore, after that (in normal mode) you choose exactly where
you want to restore it, at which point it asks if you want to overwrite (if
existing partition).

If you're sure you choose the correct drives. Run a partinfo listing (free
downloads) on that drive (or even an output from imagel --l --all )

"highend" wrote in message news:2766@public.image...

Hello,

at first I show which commands I use after I booted a IFL v2.72 cd-rom
(created through makeISO and burned from a Windows 7 system):

Backup
--------
Backup - Full Backup - Linux Drive - ATA Samsung SSD 830 (sda) - [x] Win 7
Partition (01) 122102 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
File (Direct) - Linux Drive - /dev/mapper/isw_defjbddfga_Storage - Storage
Partition (02) 3815323 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7.tbi
F6 for the command shows:
imagel --b --d:l1@0x1 --f:l0@0x2:"/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7"

Ok, this Backup works fine so far.

Now for the restore:
------------------------
Restore - Normal - File (Direct) - Linux Drive -
/dev/mapper/isw_defjbddfga_Storage - Storage Partition (02) 3815323 MiB
HPFS/NTFS -
/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7.tbi -
[x] Drive 122104 MiB - Partial
[x] Win 7 Partition (01) 122102 MiB HPFS/NTFS -
Linux Drive - ATA Samsung SSD 830 (sda) - Win 7 Partition (01) 122102 MiB
HPFS/NTFS
F6 shows: imagel --r --d:l1@0x1 --f:l0@0x2:"/Backup/Win7/x64/Win7"

And now the problem:
On the last restore screen (where you can press F6 for show command) I have
a "text field" on the right side of the screen:
[ Resize Partition ]
Min New Max
7883 _____ MiB 122103

The New field is empty.

When I start the restore with Next and Start it completes successfully BUT I
won't have a single Win 7 partition on the SSD
drive like I had before but a separated, unformatted new partition in front
of the Win 7 partition with (iirc) 7883 MB...

If I'd try to do the same again, this new partition get's extended to about
16GB, while the Win 7 shrinks for another 8GB...

How to avoid this behavior of IFL?

System:
128GB Samsung 830 SSD with only one Windows 7 partition (correctly aligned)
2 x WD 2TB as a RAID 0 array (array name: Storage) on the Z77 onboard SATA
Controller

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highend
Posts: 32
Joined: Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:50 am

Re: Problem with IFL (restore partition)

Post by highend »

This is the output of imagel --l --all after when I get to the confirmation warning, that all data in the following partitions on HD1 will be lost:

Linux Device: /dev/mapper/isw_defjbddfga_Storage
Device: 0x0
Bios Device: 0x81
Sectors: 7814047711 (3815453 MiB)
Sector Size: 512
Signature: 0x00000000
CHS: 1022/254/63
GUID: {FDB32C80-E634-4D4F-A66C-0CC44EF09389}
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Name: Microsoft reserved partition
Start LBA: 34
End LBA: 262177
Sectors: 262144 (128 MiB)
FS ID: 387 / 387 / 0
ID: 0x1
PE Flag: 0x0
Free Sectors: 0 (0 MiB)
Used Sectors: 262144 (128 MiB)
Last Used Sector: 262144 (128 MiB)
GPT Type: {16E3C9E3-5C0B-B84D-817D-F92DF00215AE}
GPT ID: {7C1C57CE-B473-1140-BCAC-367FFD212273}
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Storage
Start LBA: 264192
End LBA: 7814045695
Sectors: 7813781504 (3815323 MiB)
FS ID: 7 / 7 / 0
ID: 0x2
PE Flag: 0x0
Free Sectors: 7766057176 (3792020 MiB)
Used Sectors: 47724327 (23303 MiB)
Last Used Sector: 990849999 (483813 MiB)
GPT Type: {A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7}
GPT ID: {3D8EA865-DD3E-8A44-BB23-29D09A880ACC}
========================================================
Linux Device: /dev/sda
Device: 0x1
Bios Device: 0x80
Sectors: 250069680 (122104 MiB)
Sector Size: 512
Signature: 0xE859F35A
CHS: 1022/254/63
Name: Win7
Start LBA: 64
End LBA: 250065583
Sectors: 250065520 (122102 MiB)
FS ID: 7 / 7 / 0
ID: 0x1
PE Flag: 0x0
Free Sectors: 233935032 (114226 MiB)
Used Sectors: 16130486 (7876 MiB)
Last Used Sector: 45251215 (22095 MiB)
MBR Entry: 0
MBR End CHS: 1023/254/63
MBR Flag: 0x80
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TeraByte Support
Posts: 3616
Joined: Thu May 05, 2011 10:37 pm

Re: Problem with IFL (restore partition)

Post by TeraByte Support »

start lba 64 is not a normal value, but I'd really like to see the listing
when you see two win7's showing (or is it that you actually see free space
followed by the restored win7 partition - in that cause I would expect to
see approx 8M free space before the partition due to alignment on end of
cylinder - to get a restore to the exact same location when the original is
not aligned, you can use command line restore --r --f:filename)?

"highend" wrote in message news:2772@public.image...

This is the output of imagel --l --all after when I get to the confirmation
warning, that all data in the following partitions on HD1 will be lost:

Linux Device: /dev/mapper/isw_defjbddfga_Storage
Device: 0x0
Bios Device: 0x81
Sectors: 7814047711 (3815453 MiB)
Sector Size: 512
Signature: 0x00000000
CHS: 1022/254/63
GUID: {FDB32C80-E634-4D4F-A66C-0CC44EF09389}
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Name: Microsoft reserved partition
Start LBA: 34
End LBA: 262177
Sectors: 262144 (128 MiB)
FS ID: 387 / 387 / 0
ID: 0x1
PE Flag: 0x0
Free Sectors: 0 (0 MiB)
Used Sectors: 262144 (128 MiB)
Last Used Sector: 262144 (128 MiB)
GPT Type: {16E3C9E3-5C0B-B84D-817D-F92DF00215AE}
GPT ID: {7C1C57CE-B473-1140-BCAC-367FFD212273}
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Storage
Start LBA: 264192
End LBA: 7814045695
Sectors: 7813781504 (3815323 MiB)
FS ID: 7 / 7 / 0
ID: 0x2
PE Flag: 0x0
Free Sectors: 7766057176 (3792020 MiB)
Used Sectors: 47724327 (23303 MiB)
Last Used Sector: 990849999 (483813 MiB)
GPT Type: {A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7}
GPT ID: {3D8EA865-DD3E-8A44-BB23-29D09A880ACC}
========================================================
Linux Device: /dev/sda
Device: 0x1
Bios Device: 0x80
Sectors: 250069680 (122104 MiB)
Sector Size: 512
Signature: 0xE859F35A
CHS: 1022/254/63
Name: Win7
Start LBA: 64
End LBA: 250065583
Sectors: 250065520 (122102 MiB)
FS ID: 7 / 7 / 0
ID: 0x1
PE Flag: 0x0
Free Sectors: 233935032 (114226 MiB)
Used Sectors: 16130486 (7876 MiB)
Last Used Sector: 45251215 (22095 MiB)
MBR Entry: 0
MBR End CHS: 1023/254/63
MBR Flag: 0x80

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