[G4] Partitioning Software

[John Baltutis]

On 11/12/05, Aaron <aarons510 at infinex.com> wrote:
>>From: "J.M.P.Hissel" <jomph at xs4all.nl>
> [SNIP]
>>Don't forget to use a cloner-appl. (like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper) in
>>case you want to copy/back-up "OS X and/or related stuff".
>>OS 9 and below you can handle by Drag n Drop.
>
> Can't one just make an image of the original volume using Disk Utility
>and then use the image to (re-)create/restore the volume? I'm new to OS X
>and haven't looked into this very far, so I don't know if it can be used
>to create a larger clone of the same volume or if the restored volume has
>to be exactly the same size.
>
> Also, some combination of pdisk with a program that has a block-level
>copy function should do the trick.

Yes. However, unless you mount the image and restore it to a volume, you
can't check that the image you created works properly. Making a bootable
clone using the cloner apps, allows you to boot into the clone and check it
out; thus, ensuring that you have a viable backup.