Restore - Error 22 - Invalid Argument

am trying to use Disk Utilities Restore function to create a bootable copy of my current boot drive. I have two internal 60GB drives. I have unchecked the "ignore ownership" box before starting procedure. I booted from my Tiger Install disk. I specified my curent boot drive as Source and selected the other drive as Destination. I also zeroed out my Destination drive before starting and also checked the erase box before starting.

All seems to go well until the very end and I get this error messge. "An error(22) occured while copying, (invalid argument)

Not knowing what to do, I just exited disk utility. If I boot from my Source drive all goes well and if I examine the contents of the Destination drive, I find all my files and apps. I can access fiels and can run programs from this drive.

However, it is not a bootable copy, If I select the Destination drive as the boot drive, then I get a start up screen that is a greyed out symbol for NO (circle with slash through it.) I have to reboot from the original source Drive.

I have followed "Lee's Instructions for Tool A" (previous poster) to the letter.

What to do now? I really need to create bootable copies

dan

G4 2/500, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Nov 27, 2005 4:22 PM

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Nov 27, 2005 8:16 PM in response to Dan Mckinney1

Forget Disk Utility, use something like the free Carbon Copy Cloner (repair permissions first and enable "make bootable in CCC prefs) or the very nice Deja Vu which will auto-clone (the whole boot drive) and auto-backup (folders you select) all seemlessly in the background when you want to a external or another drive. (forget cd's or dvd's just not feasible) and the clone is boootable. 🙂

Read my text doc on the subject

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