Systemback

System won't boot after installing from backup iso

Asked by Thomas

Hello

I backed up my system and created a live USB (all works perfectly and boots fine), I then tried to copy my system to a new (virtual) machine by launching the systemback installer from the live disk. It seems to work but when I try to boot the new system the screen is blank, then eventually it loads busybox. I've tried this a number of times with different .sblive files but the result is always the same.

Is there anything that might be causing this? I'm running Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon on an Acer v5-171. My existing system is fully encrypted - could this be the cause? I don't see why it would but I can't think of anything else. I saw a similar(ish) problem in another post (https://answers.launchpad.net/systemback/+question/240163) but I'm not sure if it applies to my case.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

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Kendek (nemh) said : 		#1

Please try to boot the Live in debug mode. If you receive an error message, copy it here.
And by the way you are using the latest version of Systemback?

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Thomas (thomasfoxley) said : 		#2

The live boots fine, tried it in debug mode and no errors. Version is 1.1.1.202_11.09.2014_Qt5.2.1_amd64

When I try to boot the new system (installed from the iso to a virtual disk) it says:

Reading all physical volumes. This may take awhile...
No volume groups found
No volume groups found

Then it boots busybox. This is partly why I thought it might be something to do with the encryption.

Thanks

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Kendek (nemh) said : 		#3

Yes, it probably has to do with it, but I don't know for sure. But soon I'm going to test. If so, then I will try to fix (if possible).

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Thomas (thomasfoxley) said : 		#4

OK, thanks. I'm using systemback to copy my system to reinstall without encryption. If encryption is the problem it'd be great if you could find a workaround. Otherwise it's a lot of effort (and I risk losing data) to mess about with cloning partitions etc., systemback would be a great solution. Keep me updated! Thanks!

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Kendek (nemh) said : 		#5

Now, I see this cryptsetup problem (no busybox but stop the boot process at "No volume groups found"), and I found a workaround. But I'm looking for the best solution.

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Kendek (nemh) said : 		#6

Now, I found the best solution, so the fixed Systemback version will be available soon. Tomorrow I create a daily build with this fix, and I ask that you test it (so tomorrow, I will write here). :-)

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Kendek (nemh) said : 		#7

I uploaded the new daily packages, please test the changes. In principle, the booting problem has been fixed.

Use
ppa:nemh/systemback-daily
or
ppa:nemh/systemback-daily-clang
repository, and please report back.

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Best Kendek (nemh) said : 		#8

I released the next stable version (1.1.3), because other important fixes. But please check this fix, just download and install from ppa:nemh/systemback repository.

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Thomas (thomasfoxley) said : 		#9

Great! Checking it now, will post back once tested

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Thomas (thomasfoxley) said : 		#10

It works! I'll continue testing but it all seems to work perfectly. Will post back if any further issues. Brilliant, thank you!

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Thomas (thomasfoxley) said : 		#11

Thanks Kendek, that solved my question.

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Manolo Marti (manolo-alfafara) said : 		#31

If iso don't boot, only need write "exit" on boot process, and push enter. The boot process continue normaly. tested.