On 4/8/26 08:39, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
Subject: Using Acronis True Image to clone (backup) Debian 13.4.0 KDE Plasma on
Edxis Chromebook
Good day from Singapore,
Can I use Acronis True Image to clone (backup) my Debian 13.4.0 KDE Plasma
installation on Edxis Chromebook model LI9 to a SINGLE image file?
I know Acronis True Image can clone harddisks or SSDs with operating systems
into a SINGLE image file with filename extension .tibx.
Clonezilla is NOT desirable because it clones storage devices into so many
different files.
If you are aware of a better cloning software for Linux, please let me know.
Thank you.
Regards,
Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Extremely Democratic People's Republic of Singapore
8 Apr 2026 Wednesday 11.38 pm Singapore Time
I install Debian onto a USB SSD, boot it, and use dd(1) to:
1. Take a raw binary image of the native system drive to a file on a
USB HDD.
2. Restore a raw binary image from a file on a USB hard drive to the
native system drive.
If I want to compress/ decompress the image file, I pipe the stream
through gzip(1).
I wrapped the above commands into a script to get consistency and to
simplify adding more features -- verify image file against native system
drive, generate/verify MD5/SHA256 hash, etc..
David
