ATI Home 2010 and Linux (Ubuntu)
Anyone know for sure if ATI Home 2010 can be used to backup and restore Linux-formatted (Ext4 filesystem, Ubuntu 9.10) partitions?
I've read that it can't write to those partitions for the purpose of saving backups, but I'm saving my backups current on NTFS-formatted partitions.
I used to use PartImage to do my backups but that doesn't support the new filesystems, so I'm looking for a one-tool solution to use for all my backups/restores.
Appreciate any feedback.
Thanks in advance.

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Mark:
Thanks for the response. Sorry to be taking so long to respond but I forgot I posted this here.
I'm using Clonezilla for now to back up my Linux partitions.
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Hello,
Let me clarify this situation for you.
Unfortunately, current version of Acronis True Image Home 2010 does not support ext 4 filesystem. However, you you may use sector-by-sector method:
The sector-by-sector method allows you to create an image of all sectors of the selected partition. This image will contain not only sectors with data but also sectors that are empty. As a result, this image will be equal in size to the disk being imaged, as there will be no data compression. This method is useful if a partition being backed up is not supported by the Acronis product or is corrupted. In this case, all sectors of this partition are included in this image and will be restored.
You may also create a sector-by-sector image from command-line (with corporate versions of Acronis products) by adding the /raw parameter. (For Linux systems the parameter is --raw).
For example,
trueimagecmd /create /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /partition:2-1 /raw
This will create a sector-by-sector backup archive of partition 1 on disk 2 and place it in folder Test on drive C:. The name of archive will be 1.tib.
See respective documentation for additional information.
In Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 you can also create the raw image by ticking off the Back up sector-by-sector checkbox when specifying disks or volumes to back up.
You may use the standalone version of Acronis True Image Home to create a raw image of the machine with an unsupported operating system. Please see Standalone Version of Acronis Backup Software.
Additionally to this, you are welcome to ask me any other questions concerning Acronis, and I will assist you further.
Thank you.
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