Unmounting to do a backup

[mscdc]

Partimage demands that i should unmount my Ubuntu drive to make a backup image.
But how can this be done when I'm running Partimage from Ubuntu?










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N570 dualcore, 2 GB RAM. dual boot-Ubuntu 11.10/Win 7 Ultimate

[bluexrider]

PartImage does not support Ext4 partitions, and Ubuntu defaults to the Ext4 filesystem format. I'm told PartClone (http://partclone.org/) (which does support Ext4) is a good alternative. You might also want to look into CloneZilla (http://clonezilla.org/).

[vangop]

Do you have a single partition for the system, or several separate ones (/home, /boot etc)
If it's a single one, you might need to go single user mode or boot from external liveCD to do a backup.
If it's separate ones, you have much more options.

[Bobhuber]

fsarchiver will backup a mounted partition with no problems at all.