Acronis Image - Dual Boot

[KDawg44]

Hi,

We use Acronis to image PC's. I need to set up a dual boot system
with XP and Ubuntu. I would like to just deploy the image using
Acronis. Is there a way to set up a partitions and to put the XP
image on one but leave another partition for me to put Ubuntu on? The
image was NOT set up this way, it takes all the unpartitioned space on
the boot drive. Short of creating a new image or adding another hard
drive, is there an easy way around this?
Thanks.

Kevin

 

[Jo-Anne Naples]

Hi, Kevin,

I'll offer the same advice I received here not long ago. Check out the
Acronis support forum online at

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65

You'll need to sign up to post; unfortunately, they don't have a newsgroup
you can subscribe to through your news server. It's a great forum, though.
I've learned a lot from the people there.

Jo-Anne

 

[Gerry]

Kevin

You need a Partition Manager and a Boot Manager:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/features.html


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[AJR]

Acronis Image only backs up used space - Acronis Clone option copies entire
partition.

Create a second partition - install Ubuntu - Run Acronis and select both
partitions to image.

 

[David Webb]

Acronis Image only backs up used space

Not necessarily true. If the user selects a sector-by-sector backup, both data
and free space is copied. Here's an excerpt from the Acronis FAQ cited below:

The sector-by-sector backup 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 free. 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 Acronis True Image 11 Home or is
corrupted. In this case, all sectors of this partition are included in this
image and will be restored.

[end quote]

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/faq/sector-by-sector-backup/

 

[AJR]

Thanks David - I stand corrected..

Acronis Image only backs up used space

Not necessarily true. If the user selects a sector-by-sector backup, both
data and free space is copied. Here's an excerpt from the Acronis FAQ
cited below:

The sector-by-sector backup 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 free. 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
Acronis True Image 11 Home or is corrupted. In this case, all sectors of
this partition are included in this image and will be restored.

[end quote]

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/faq/sector-by-sector-backup/

Acronis Image only backs up used space - Acronis Clone option copies
entire partition.

Create a second partition - install Ubuntu - Run Acronis and select both
partitions to image.