Questions tagged [clone]
Questions related to cloning features or devices.
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moving from Ubuntu 16.04 to 22.04 [closed]
My Ubuntu desktop is Luks crypted - when booting up it is asking for the password (which I have and can successfully login to boot up). I am trying to move the system to another computer and whatever ...
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Can multipass clone an instance or launch a new instance from a snapshot
I have an instance with a snapshot at its perfect state.
I wonder if I can clone this instance so I can use it as a clean source of backup.
Or if I can launch a new instance using that snapshot for ...
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After upgrade to 24.04 LTS server my pacemaker/corosync cluster ipaddr2 resource can't clone an ipaddress across several nodes
oot@sghaproxy01:~# crm status
Cluster Summary:
Stack: corosync (Pacemaker is running)
Current DC: sghaproxy02 (version 2.1.6-6fdc9deea29) - partition with quorum
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How to install ubuntu on jetson orin nano
I have nvidia jetson orin. I download ubuntu 20.04 and balenaEtcher to flash ubuntu in microsd card. After flashing the jetson is not start just black screen on monitor
what I want is to flash ubuntu ...
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Grub: can't load Windows after migrating to SSD
I believe my problems are 2-fold (unless they aren't) but they come from my migrating some of my HDD partitions to a new SSD drive. Using Boot-Repair I can now start Ubuntu 22.04, but Window 10 won't ...
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Clone/copy of disk
I want to copy this Ubuntu server to another disk. It seems when I set it up the disk made a partition of 1.8T and only 100GB of that is being used by the server. I want to clone that to a second disk....
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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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Cloning a dual boot SSD to larger SSD
I have just completed cloning my original 256Gb drive to a new 1TB SSD using dd. The original drive initially came with W11 on it and I added dual boot with Ubuntu 22.04 but the Ubuntu stopped working....
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Disk cloning and bootability
I recently purchased a new laptop that comes pre-installed with Windows. However, my intention is to erase the Windows installation entirely and replace it with Ubuntu, as I've always done with my ...
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Struggling to clone an ssd using dd
I despair by the attempt to clone an ssd.
Have two nvme ssds and 2 adapter to mount them via usb, thought a simple dd like
dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc bs=8M count=64000
would clone it, but it doesn't.
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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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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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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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Booting from an SSD clone of a hard disk on Ubuntu?
I want to replace my hard drive on a Ubuntu NUC system. Its the only drive and its connected by a USB sata adapter.
I did this once already by just cloning to another hard drive, and the replacement ...
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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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How to make a plug and play ubuntu USB drive
Recently, I wanted to try to transfer an ubuntu system from VMware to my USB drive and achieve a plug and play result. There don't seem to be any tutorials online for this type of thing, or the ...
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Best way to clone SSD to larger SSD with Ubuntu [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu as OS on 256GB SSD and have bought a larger 1TB SSD.
Is Clonezilla a good option to clone SSD?
Will Clonezilla use same size on new SSD and leave remaining GB’s as unallocated space?
Is ...
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Add a new 16TB HDD and transfer the OS to it
I have 2x 4 TB and I bought another one of 16TB. I mounted it with the following commands:
cd /mnt/
mkdir data2
blkid /dev/sdc
fsck.ext4 /dev/sdc
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc
mount /dev/sdc /mnt/data2
lsblk
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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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Can't clone nVME ssd drive because it is split into 2 drive paritions?
first of all sorry if I do not explain very well or make any mistakes in my syntax.
I want to clone my ubuntu nVME disk but I am having a problem.
I have ubuntu installed on 1 nVME ssd disk when I ...
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clone PCIe NVME containing Linux partition in dual boot system - any advice?
I have a dual boot system - Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Windows 11 on regular SSD(2.5 inches) and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on PCIe NVME Gen 1 - 512 GB. As PCIE NVME prices has come down and my usage of ...
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Triple booting Windows and 2 installations of Ubuntu 22.04, cloning the ubuntu installs
My issue seems to be a bit specific. I have 3 partitions for OS installs. Windows 11 is on one, and Ubuntu 22.04 is on the other. I have a 3rd partition the exact size as the Ubuntu, and would like to ...
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Clone separate / and home to larger drive
I currently have 23.04 installed on a 500Gb SSD, with separate root (50Gb) and Home (450Gb). Both partitions are filling up so I plan to get a larger SSD.
If I create two partitions on the new SSD (...
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where git clone stored files
Hi I cloned https://github.com/hackerpain/domaining and can't find it in my Windows, the reason I want to find it is that it has a .txt file and I want to modify it.
I use Ubuntu, and I have a ...
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How to clone a virtual machine (.vdi) to a physical system?
I've spent 3 weeks trying to solve this, but to no avail. I'm aware of the many posts on this topics.
I've already read and tried at least:
Migrate from a virtual machine (VM) to a physical system
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How do I migrate Ubuntu 22.04 from a 1TB to 500GB SSD?
I would like to migrate from a 1TB to 500GB SSD. I believe less than 100GB are used (Home Assistant via Docker was installed). I have seen options such as dd and Clonezilla.
I'm aware that dd does not ...
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How to restore my lost home, documents, programs and settings after reinstalling Ubuntu 20.04?
Ubuntu newbie here looking for help please to restore my lost /home, programs and settings, which is now in a state like a fresh first time install of Ubuntu, i.e. all my old documents, pictures and ...
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Ubuntu boot option keeps coming back after being deleted
I cloned a windows drive to a dell laptop that was using Ubuntu but it keeps trying to boot to Ubuntu. Went into bios and deleted all Ubuntu boot options but when I go back into bios after reboot they ...
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How to clone a bios_grub partition?
I want to create a clone of my SSD. My partition table looks like this:
However when using Clonezilla (which uses Partclone) in the dd mode, it fails to clone the first 1MB bios_grub partition (BIOS ...
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Cloning an Ubuntu 22.04 instance that uses a compact flash drive seems to lead to an empty /boot/grub directory
We have an Ubuntu 22.04 setup that runs and works fine. When we clone the compact flash drive and put into an identical system it fails to boot with a file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found error ...
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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 to clone system drive
I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed on 860 EVO M.2 500GB SSD drive.
Single boot os.
On last system re-boot there was a message at the bottom of the post screen:
"WARNING! Your HDD/SDD might crash at ...
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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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Cloning to larger drive, resizing partion to fill
I have an Ubuntu 20.04.3 system which started out as a curiosity and I used a 120 GB SSD I had laying around to build it. Then I started self hosting things on it (mostly Docker images) and now I'm at ...
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How can I clone Ubuntu OS disk from an existing azure virtual machine scale set to a new VM in azure?
Our client has a azure virtual machine scale set which is based on Ubuntu default image Ubuntu server 18.04. I want to create a new VM for them in which OS disk can have all software that are ...
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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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Cloning Ubuntu to new SSD
There are a few questions on how to migrate Ubuntu to a new SSD, but either the posts are old or I could not understand them. In an expectation that there is an easier newer solution, I am posting my ...
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How can I clone my Ubuntu drive to another machine?
I have a project set up on my Ubuntu on Windows 11, and it has a lot of dependencies that took quite a while to set up. I'd like to move to another Windows 11 machine. Where do I even start? Thanks ...
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Clone a 500GB internal hard disk to 256gb internal SSD
I just added a new 256GB SSD in the place of my 500GB HDD and I used a caddy to add the hdd to the laptop in place of a CD Drive. My files including the OS i.e. Ubuntu is currently on my old HDD, how ...
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Need help installing a new boot drive in a second slot
I have a UEFI laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad P72) with multiple internal NVMe drive slots. I currently have a documents and media drive in slot 0, and a boot drive in slot 1.
Ubuntu 20.04 and my various ...
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Timeshift --clone console using
I can't run system clone via the Timeshift utility. Maybe I'm using the wrong syntax?
user@ubuntuserver:~$ sudo timeshift --clone
[sudo] password for user:
/dev/sdb1 is mounted at: /run/timeshift/...
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How can I clone a dual-boot with Windows 10 and Linux?
I have been experimenting with cloning dual boots, with mixed success.
Acronis True Image successfully will clone a Windows 10 installation, but all Linux (Ubuntu base) OS's are broken.
Similarly, ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Cloning
I have a server with 2x EPYC 7402's with Ubuntu 20.04 set up exactly the way I need to run some processing code. I recently got a new sever with 2x EPYC 7F72's. I matched the bios settings as best I ...
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Lost all files by using dd [duplicate]
I did get a new ssd and tried doing duplicate of the old ssd into the one, usind the dd command, but after finishing progressing the 250 Gb, everything from old and new ssd just disappeared.
This is ...
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Clone The Entire Laptop SSD to Another SSD
I just want to ask if is it possible to clone the entire system to a new one?
I want to change my SSD to a bigger one, what if I don't want to re-install it?
How to make it possible?
are there any ...
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How to unify /home and /, placing home back into the root partition, clone the drive and put it in a new machine?
I've bought a new machine. This --> Move separate /home partition to the default configuration /home folder is the first part of what I want to do - I think.
The new machine is a NUC and has one ...
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create clone with dd to another drive
So I want to backup what I have done to Raspian using my Ubuntu laptop and followed the advice at the below link. so using this command...
sudo dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=~/sd-card-copy.img bs=1M status=...
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