Recommended Settings for Dual Boot Image Capture?
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Hello, Im using FOG to Capture and Deploy Images of Windows and Linux separated, using “Single Disk - Resizable” option and in Image settings selecting Windows 10 and Linux, everything is working fine, but now I want to make a Dual Boot Image Capture and Deploy, both OSes are in the same Disk, “Single Disk - Resizable” isnt working, what option do I need to select to make this setup to work? In the Image options I need to select Windows 10, Linux, Other or something else?
Thanks!
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@mareta4977 My bet is that either you have windows disk encryption enabled or you have on your linux system LVM enabled. In both cases FOG can not compress or expand the disk for deployment so it uses direct copy mode.
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@george1421 Both options are off, I made a fresh install to test, "Single Disk - Resizable” should work for Dual Boot then? What Image option I need to select “Windows 10, Linux, Other”?
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@mareta4977 On the windows 10 side its a bit trickier to make sure that full disk encryption is turned off. On the linux side don’t let the installer auto create the partitions. For the partitions don’t use LVM, flat partitions will resize correctly.
Also watch when you capture the image and make sure each/any partition is not being captured in “RAW” mode. The partclone screen will display the file system type, if it copies any partition in 'RAW" mode then the disk will not be resizable.
As a side note, I would develop your golden image using a virtual machine and snapshot should be used to quicky restore your golden image to a pre-fubar state if needed. Changing the disk structure is a bit severe so a VM won’t help in this case, but its something to think about.
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@mareta4977 I know this thread is old, but did you get FOG to work the way you wanted?
I have a single SSD with Windows/Ubuntu in dualboot but for some reason my “Multiple Partition Image - Single Disk (Not Resizable)” image is giving me issues . I would love the image to be resizable because I might deploy it to slightly smaller disks.
My question is, if I go with the option “Single Disk - Resizable” will I be able to capture the Linux partition as well?
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@gothikserpent What are the issues you’re seeing in the Single Disk resizable method?
I ask because while, from a purely technical standpoint, a resizable image would indeed be able to be on a slightly smaller disk (assuming your linux partition is in an EXT format, not LFS) the capture itself doesn’t change, just the restructuring of the partitions.
