Boot from image

[madom]

Hi

I created an image of my MBP-HD using default options.

My SuperDuper.sparseimage doesn't appear when I press Alt on Startup. It lies on a External USB2 Drive, among other Files, in the root directory.

Is there anything I need to do first?

Thanks a lot for help!

m.

[dnanian]

Sparse images are not directly bootable, so that makes sense. See the User's Guide...

[madom]

Hmm, it said "make image bootable" in the process of backing up though. can you give me a hint?

[dnanian]

Yes, the files are configured for startup. But you can't start up from it because it's not a real drive.

[madom]

Hmm, that means, I need to dedicate a drive to super duper so I can boot from it? Or should I have chosen sparsebundle and all would be fine?

[dnanian]

No, you can partition the drive into a backup volume and then one (or more) for other uses.

[madom]

OK, now I got it. Thanks!