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Acronis 2019 and Ubuntu

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Does the Acronis 2019 bootable media allow you to back up and restore Ubuntu partitions, which in my case are in EXT4 and UEFI?

Because I wish I could use Acronis 2019 for my Windows 10, and for my installation of Ubuntu?

Thank you

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Nathanael, simple answer is yes, all recent ATI versions are able to backup & restore Ubuntu EXT4 partitions.  I do this myself on my laptop which is setup as dual-boot with Windows & Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and have the Ubuntu partition backup created from within Windows.  I also use the ATI Rescue Media to backup a dedicated Ubuntu computer by booting from that media.

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And with the startup CD, sector by sector? Because that's what Aquonis offers me only because it tells me that there is a problem on my Ubuntu 64 partition in UEFI.

Acronis should only fall back to using sector by sector backup mode if there are issues detected with the EXT4 filesystem.  My own backup does not show as using sector by sector mode for the EXT4 partition.

You should look at using fsck in the Ubuntu system to check the filesystem.

UEFI should make no difference here to either Acronis or Ubuntu - this is purely the BIOS system and denotes how the system is booted to launch the OS.

How does the size of the backup image compare to the size of your Ubuntu EXT4 partition?

My own partition is 21GB and the backup image is just over 4GB for a used size of around 8GB on the EXT4 partition.

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But is there a version that can be installed to Ubintu to back up my Ubintu?   Currently, I have windows 7 pro..  I downloaded Ubintu 18 and I am convinced it's time to switch!  I want to use Ubintu 18 and have windows 7 pro as a virtual machine..  But here I've just upgraded to ATI 2019...  uggg, I want to use it lol

 

Barry, sorry but ATI is a pure Windows application - you could run it inside your Windows 7 Virtual Machine, but it would only be able to backup the same, not the Ubuntu OS hosting the VM.

You can create and use the Acronis Rescue Media to backup Linux computers & file systems but you would be booting from a USB stick or DVD.  The alternative is to find a Linux backup application or use Clonezilla.

Hi there: I am looking to switch to Linux and have installed Linux Mint Cinnamon v.19.2 on my backup PC in dual boot mode with Windows 10 pro 1903. So I am pleased to see that I can continue to use, Acronis True Image 2019, abeit via the rescue media. However, I have been reading that it is not recommended to use Linux in a dual boot mode as it could corrupt data in Windows 10, due to the fact that when booting up the GRUB bootloader is the one used. 

One of the things I noticed after installing dual boot on my backup PC is that when booting the F11 option has disappeared, which was removed I assume to Linux install. Is it possible to have the F11 option with Linux installed?

I have a netbook which I am considering to single install Linux Mint Xfce edition. I have a backup of the netbook on a portable HDD. If down the line I am not happy with Linux, will I be able to restore Windows 10 via the image on my portable HDD using the Acronis Rescue Media? It is a thumb drive I have the Rescue Media on.

 

James, I have run a laptop with dual-boot for Windows 10 and Ubuntu for several years with no issues of any data corruption, plus because it was an older laptop using Legacy / MBR boot, I was able to add Ubuntu to the Windows Boot loader menu instead of needing to rely on using Grub2.  The Windows Boot Loader would switch over to the Grub2 loader when I selected to boot the Ubuntu partition.

The one advantage of having both Windows and Linux on the same computer, is that you can do a backup of the Linux partition (or drive) using ATI running within Windows, and also restore it in the same way if needed.

If you go for a dedicated Linux (single OS) computer, then you would definately need to boot from Acronis Rescue Media to perform any backup and/or recovery actions.

F11 for the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is a modification of the MBR of the computer, so anytime that you install a new OS or even do a major Windows Update, this can be walked over and lost.  Personally, I would recommend using the Rescue Media over using ASRM anytime - if you get used to using F11 then lose the disk drive due to failure, it is lost and the only way back will be the rescue media, so make yourself familiar with the latter.

With any computer, you need to test that the Acronis Rescue Media will boot correctly to allow you to see the disk drives installed / used.  This become more important if you are using a modern computer as the boot method used for the rescue media needs to match how your OS boots from the BIOS too. 

ATI is intended primarily for Windows computers, so the following document comes from that angle for this subject.

KB 59877: Acronis True Image: how to distinguish between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes of Acronis Bootable Media

This will also apply to Linux systems which are now capable of booting in UEFI mode as well as in Legacy, but where identifying the boot mode will be down to a different procedure.

Do you back up the Linux partition from Windows 10 in a dual boot? Also, on a clean install of Linux Mint 19.2 (no other os) how to do you create an image of that? TIA

James, making an ATI backup of a Linux partition from Windows 10 is probably the easiest to answer, in that you just create a new Disks & Partitions backup then select your Linux partition(s) then where you want to store the backup (Destination).

For the clean install of Linux Mint, then you would need to use the Acronis Rescue Media to boot that machine then make the Disks & Partitions backup.

You may need to try to check whether your Linux Mint has been installed as Legacy or UEFI boot mode and then boot the rescue media using the same boot mode.