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Does the option work --rpfix/--norpfix in UNIX?

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:26 pm
by Sergey_Galan
Does the option work --rpfix/--norpfix in UNIX? Mac OS system. When I create a backup copy of Windows, I can only restore Windows on the same disk. If I try to restore on another disc, I get a black screen with a mouse cursor. Thus, I cannot clone Windows.
As far as I understand the Option --rpfix should help

Re: Does the option work --rpfix/--norpfix in UNIX?

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 6:29 pm
by synchronicity
If you're using the NTFS volume capture and apply mode (where wimlib operates on a block device instead of a directory), reparse point fixups are never done.

I think the issue is that the Windows drive letter is unknown in this case, so when seeing an absolute link like c:\whatever wimlib can't be sure whether it is intended to point into the same volume or not.

Re: Does the option work --rpfix/--norpfix in UNIX?

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 9:14 pm
by Sergey_Galan
Perhaps you are right. I conducted an experiment. After creating the archive, I disconnected the disk where the Windows partition was located. On another disk I created a partition where I successfully restored the Windows system. Success took place due to two criteria: the absence of a “native” disk/partition and the creation of a new partition on another disk after creating a wim archive.