ASR DMG Restore
Hi,
I have been using SuperDuper! for a bit and it works perfectly on my systems to backup/restore when using the image on the original computer. I am having a problem however trying to restore to another computer. I have a DP2.5 G5 and am trying to create a generic "image" to restore other Macs as needed. I have taken an external harddrive, partitioned it, and loaded OS X 10.3.7 onto one partition. I then use SuperDuper! to clone the newly created 10.3.7 HD to 10.3.7 HD Clone. This works perfectly and does create a bootable clone. As one of the options I choose to create a .dmg that is supposed to be ASR compliant. I want to take this .dmg and image the harddrive on a Mac mini. The restore fails every time... I can however boot off the 10.3.7 HD/HD Clone partition and all runs fine. Could this be that the Mac mini is unable to use a .dmg created on a G5 or am I missing some obvious step? Please let me know, Thanks. |
An image created with the "Image" checkbox in "Options..." is actually a device-specific ASR image, and won't be portable to any hard drives other than one configured just like the original.
If you want to be able to use a DMG on the Mini, you should create it "directly" by saving to a DMG in the "destination" (2nd) pop-up. That should be portable. Note, though, that you'll likely need 10.3.8 for your mini: I don't believe 10.3.7, as sent to a G5, is a late enough build (check the build # on the mini), even though the version "number" is the same. I believe 10.3.8 should work, though. |
Hi again,
All of my mini's shipped with 10.3.6, but I will try the 2nd option and see if that works. Thanks |
OK -- check back in and let me know how it works.
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I must be missing something, SuperDuper! will not allow me to save a package anywhere??? Even in the Packages folder in Library?
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Save a package? I'm not sure what you mean...
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