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Two-fold problem with nvidia (high cpu usage) & nouveau (blank external monitor)

I am facing two different problems with the nvidia & nouveau drivers. With the nvidia driver, all seem to work just fine.... except one thing: cpu usage gets pretty high, especially when scrolling ...
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How to make a bootable backup of my 14.04 computer

I have Ubuntu 14.04 running the GNOME shell and i want to know how to make a full backup of my os and files and settings. I cannot use remastersys and i have tried clonezilla but keep getting errors. ...
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Cloning a remote virtual Server

I rented a virtual server running Ubuntu. To test changes to my configuration I'd like to be able to try them on a local machine. So basically I'd like to create a clone of the virtual server (I don't ...
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How to clone a smaller SSD to larger SSD on Ubuntu Linux 18.04?

This is my first time trying to the below task. So far I followed the links below Fastest way to migrate to a bigger SSD (18.04) How would I speed up a full disk dd? https://www.tigraine.at/2014/01/...
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What is best option for cloning to new drive? Why does Clonezilla take forever?

I'm upgrading from a Inland 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD to a HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB. In the past I've used Clonezilla to save an image on old drives as backup but this time it's struggling. I ...
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Mouse and keyboard cloning software

is there a software available that can "mirror" keyboard and mouse inputs to multiple windows? Like I have a "master"-window in which I click and write and the input from there gets send to several "...
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What must I do to clone all settings from one user to another one?

I have set up a computer with a Xubuntu 22.04 system. I have installed all additional programs I want and I have configured the desktop, task bar, shortcuts, automatically started applications and so ...
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Best noob friendly way to clone SSD with ubuntu

I'm trying to clone an SSD with Ubuntu and some other programs on it. I want to make an exact copy and not just copy the partition. What's a good way to do this? Anyone know any good youtube ...
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How can I make an exact clone of my Ubuntu 22.04 partition for periodic backup and restoration and Is it possible using the included "Disks" Utility?

I have two drives setup as follows: My goal is to boot into a Linux 22.04 install on the first drive pictured located on partition labelled "Admin-1", and use the "Disks" utility ...
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Ubuntu Server 18.04.5 decrease used hard drive

I have a little server running at home, for several years now, but now it have some web apps running, and the old sata hdd drive it's causing some problems, mainly too slow to handle the requests and ...
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How to clone system boot disk to new attached disk

Currently I have 350G size of disk. But 75G only used. I attached new additional disk 100G in GCP. I want to clone the 75G (boot and data) to new 100G to minimize cost. What are the commands to be ...
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Clonezilla does not carry over user login configuration in Ubuntu 18.04

I have a machine with Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 installed. There is a single user and the user is set to login automatically without asking for password. I took device image with Clonezilla to restore the ...
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Going from dual boot to single boot

I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed in a dual boot with Windows 10 on a single 500GB SSD. I use Grub to choose which OS to boot into. The drive has a boot partition, then a Windows NTFS partition, then ...
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Installing a Samsung 850 Evo SSD and migrating old HDD to SSD

I am entirely new to Linux and don't know the jargon. I have an old 32-bit Acer, with 2GB RAM and 120 GB Hard Drive. I have downloaded Ubuntu 14.04 and it runs. I want to transfer this to a Samsung ...
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Data recovery from a partition clone

My hard drive running on Ubuntu server recently crashed and I lost the files. However I have a clone of the partition, and want to recover the files. Is it possible? Edit: The partition is ext4 and ...
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How to clone Ubuntu 18.04 partition from a notebook SSD to a desktop PC SSD?

I'd like to clone my Ubuntu partition (on the SSD of my notebook (250GB)) on a new SSD (250GB) which I'd like to install on my desktop PC. This is because I'd like to use my desktop PC which is much ...
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Cloning Windows 8.1 with Ubuntu dd

Will there be any problem/caveat when I have a hda disk with Windows 8.1 system and with a bootable flash disk I enter under Ubuntu system this command: dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=1M
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Error appear when booting Clonezilla

I've put a Clonezilla boot image on a USB drive then when I boot Clonezilla I get the below screen then Clonzezilla opens normally. I wonder if this will affect my cloning process?
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Cloning a Ubuntu installation (including repositories, held packages & keys)

From How to list all installed packages we learn how to backup list of installed packages. From How to See list of Repository? we learn how to backup list of installed repositories. But how do we ...
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Prepare Ubuntu 16.04 server for template

I am trying to setup an Ubuntu 16.04.2 VM for my lab. I want to configure one copy of Ubuntu with generic settings and then clone the disk to make installation quick. I know there is unique ...
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Swapping hard drive on identical boards

I have a number of identical PC boards with SSD. I built an Ubuntu system on the first one and set it up as I needed. I then used Clonezilla to clone the first SSD and copied this image to the other ...
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Unable to clone git repository [Error in pull function]

I'm trying to install kali linux tools using a script called Katoolin. But everytime I try to clone the repository, it displays the following error: prabal@prabal-desktop:~$ git clone https://github....
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How can I image an embedded ubuntu device over the network?

Background Info I have an embedded system running Ubuntu 12.04 which I need to upgrade to patch some security vulnerabilities. The changes will include upgrading to ubuntu 14.04, changing a few ...
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Fastest method to clone one drive to another

I have some constraints that I am working with: -The server that I want to clone is currently at a distant facility that we do not have much access to. -We do not have internet access to said server....
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Ubuntu Desktop 16 to duplicate/clone a running terminal console

Sometimes I want to clone/duplicate a running terminal console so that I can work on the current thread/process without having to re-run all executed commands from the beginning. E.g. running a Flask ...
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Migrating Ubuntu 14.04 from persistent live USB to laptop

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 on a persistent Live 8GB USB stick. It works fine, I've installed a lot of software and set up a PostgreSQL database as well as a few git repositories. Is it possible to ...
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Desparate: how can I clone my Ubuntu USB harddisk so that I really can boot from the new clone

I'm quite new to this, but in the past few weeks I've been able to install Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS on a Ventura USB hard disk (240 Gb), and after a lot of issues (getting Citrix Receiver, Adobe flash, etc. ...
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Clone ubuntu server to another machine using Clonezilla

I am trying to clone an Ubuntu Server 14.04 installation on another machine because I don't want to do a fresh install. I downloaded Clonezilla on the Ubuntu Server machine and followed the steps to ...
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Systemback Live Image

I just used Systemback utility to create a live image of my 14.04 installation. I added the "include user data files" option. Now, my installation is over 100Gb, but the generated image was just ...
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Clonezilla and Alignment

I have to move my 14.04 system from my old SSD onto a new one. Having decided to use Clonezilla, I went for direct disk-to-image: this would have had the bootloader (grub) cloned as well, allowing to ...
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Unable to login after dd clone

I have a test system with two 80GB drives: /dev/sda has Windows7 installed on it and /dev/sdb has Ubuntu 14.04. I imaged the Ubuntu drive to a third USB HDD using dd if=/dev/sdb of=/media/...
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Unkown partitions after cloning HDD

I cloned my 500 GB traditional HDD to a new 512 GB SSD yesterday using ddrescue from a Ubuntu live CD. First, I wrote the whole HDD in a file on another external hard disk and then used this file to ...
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Can not clone lxc container with lvm backingstore after ubuntu update

Command lxc-clone -s -K -M -H -o debian7 -n debian7-bak Result lxc_container: bdev.c: mount_unknown_fs: 209 failed to determine fs type for '/dev/vg/debian7' lxc_container: bdev.c: detect_fs: 320 ...
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Is it possible to install Ubuntu on external disks from an active workstation?

I am running Ubuntu on my workstation and have connected three blank drives to it. I would like to install three copies of Ubuntu onto the blank drives while continuing to work in my operating system. ...
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Clonezilla vs. FOG on Ubuntu

I am hopeful that someone in this community will be able to help me. I am stumbling my way through my first experience with any form of Linux computing. Since 2003 I have used Windows and Symantec's ...
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How to properly clone both root and user information with proper permissions?

I have been looking for a backup software for my Ubuntu boxes that works with the similar ease of EaseUs backup software for windows. I would like to be able to back up both user info and root info. ...
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Cloning Ubuntu 13.10

I have 200 windows 7 laptops that were just delivered. I have a test laptop that I have setup with ubuntu. What is the best way to clone the new laptops to exactly match the identical ubuntu ( setup ...
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Cloning an encrypted hard disk to a different computer

I'm using 12.10 with full-disk encryption. Can I clone my full-encrypted hard disk from an old laptop and write it, as-is, to a new laptop and expect everything to work correctly right away? If there ...
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Back up programs and user data from an old HDD to a new installation on an SSD

I have Ubuntu on my old HDD which is connected via USB to this system, and an SSD is built in to my notebook. At the moment I am running Ubuntu from a USB stick. I have tried to clone my disk (change ...
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Is it worth it to change from Ext4 to Ext3 in order to use Partimage?

I am looking for a partition imaging program, like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image, that will run on the PC (not from live-cd or USB) and can save the image onto a separate partition. I am brand ...
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Can no longer boot Windows 7 after Windows 7/Ubuntu partition cloning to another drive

I recently changed the hard drive of my laptop, from a 500GB HDD to a 256GB SSD. I did the cloning using GParted for reducing and copying all partitions from HHD to SSD, after which I reinstalled ...
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How to imaging/cloning the entire Ubuntu system on a server, and restore it on another server?

I have an Ubuntu system installed on a hosting server, and I spent a lot of time to configure and install programs and requirements in the system that I need in my work.. I don't want to repeat the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 wont boot after disk clone

I am attempting to migrate my OS boot disk from a 512GB to a 1TB drive. I booted off a live USB and used dd to clone the orignal drive to the new drive. Then I shut it down and unplugged the old ...
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recover files after accidentally changing the partition table

I have an internal drive of 500GB called /dev/sda that have nine partitions (sda1 to sda9).I also have an external hard drive of 1TB called /dev/sdb that have one partition called sdb1 in NTFS format, ...
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bad magic number in superblock in disk cloned with ddrescue

I am in deep water here and would appreciate some help. I feel I must be missing something basic. I have a failing 2TB external HDD, with an NTFS file system. The drive is about half-full of data. I ...
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How to virtualize snapshot clone fast ubuntu iso files to test if bugs are gone? What is lightest container app?

How to virtualize snapshot clone fast ubuntu iso files to test if bugs are gone? What is lightest container app? I want to fast load in ubuntu and windows an iso of ubuntu to test bugs. What is best ...
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Can I clone hardened Ubuntu app virtual servers?

We are doing a full HA system deployment of 14 CIS hardened Ubuntu 22.04LTS servers for SugarCRM V13 on-site deployment, with 2 x PHP SugarCRM web, 2 x SugarCRM API, 2 x Redis, 2 x Elastic search, 2 x ...
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Managing Linux installation on a fleet of build servers with large code workspaces

Here's what I'd like to do: Have many Linux servers for building Android Open Source Project and testing those builds using Android virtual device (either Cuttlefish or Goldfish/Emulator) Have all ...
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How to Make a Bootable Clone

I have a working system with a USB drive attached. I want to clone the internal drive to the USB drive. That much I know how to do. My hangup is making that USB drive bootable. it starts to boot but ...
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Why Does a Win10 Drive Cloned with DD or GParted Have GRUB?

I have a desktop computer with Windows 10 installed on its sole internal (NVMe) drive. I boot this machine with Ubuntu 22.04, installed on a USB drive. In Ubuntu, I use GParted to copy partitions from ...
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