Ubuntu Desktop Family Notes

UEFI and BIOS (Legacy) mode are both supported with BackupEDGE on the listed distributions.

Root / SUDO Must Be Used

BackupEDGE must have access to all system information. You must log in as root (or sudo -s) to administer and use BackupEDGE.

Ncurses 5

BackupEDGE uses the Ncurses version 5 libraries. Before installing, please run the following command:

 # apt install libncurses5

Then re-try the installation.

Using a Swap File instead of a Swap Device

Recent Ubuntu-based distributions default to using /swapfile, a real file, as opposed to the regular /dev/swap device node and disk partition. This file should be excluded from bit-level verification by adding /swapfile to /etc/edge.nocheck.

Encrypted System Drives / Partitions

Encrypted operating system drives / filesystems are not supported by RecoverEDGE.

Snaps with RecoverEDGE

Some Snap Packages may bind mount the / file system to their snaps so they can access / libraries. These need to be disconnected before running RecoverEDGE, using the associated snap disconnect command. Once the RecoverEDGE image has been created they can be reconnected with snap connect command.

Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) Desktop

The file:

/usr/lib/udev/ipod-set-info

is unused and non-functional, but prevents the successful creation of RecoverEDGE media/images. It (ipod-set-info) must be removed, i.e moved out of /usr/lib/udev, before attempting to create boot media or images. It may be put back after media/image creation.