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how to clone sd card without mbr with ubuntu?

I clone an sd card (32Go) and I copy it to a sd card of different size (64Go). I use those commands: sudo dd if=/dev/sdc of=Debian.img status=progress sudo dd if=Debian.img of=/dev/sdc status=progress ...
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Proper Incremental Backup/cloning Solution for an Ubuntu 20.04 LEMP Server on Raspberry Pi (and turning clones into bootable ISO's on the fly)

BACKGROUND I still consider myself sort of a noob when it comes to setting up server. So when answering this question, please give as much detail as possible in your answers. ENVIRONMENT I run a LEMP ...
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How to access a cloned VirtualBox Ubuntu Server via SSH to get a different Address

I installed a headless Ubuntu server build on VirtualBox, and once I fully prepared it to work, I cloned it to have a second, exactly the same, instance. However, the clone shares it's CMD SSH access ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 Cannot Boot From External USB HDD

My filesystem layout, internal is sda and external is sdb: sda ├─sda1 ...
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Safe way to boot test a clone of my internal drive?

I’m on Ubuntu 21.04 on my laptop (MSI Bravo 15 Ryzen 7 4800H 15.6" 16GB A4DDR-212IN with 2 internal nvme drive slots). I’m regularly using Clonezilla to clone my main internal drive to an ...
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Lubuntu 18.04 VM - can't edit network connections after changing IP address

I cloned a Lubuntu 18.04 VM (running on ESXi). When I started the cloned copy I edited the network connections (using the menu in the lower right corner of the screen) and changed the IPV4 IP address ...
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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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cloned Ubuntu 20.10 installation on same hardware fails at boot

I have more than 100 units of the same HW I need to prepare for our product delivery. All of them are the very same HW (celeron N platform, 32GB SSD) and come with a standard Ubuntu 20.10 installation ...
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Create Ubuntu Installation USB or DVD from my current Ubuntu Installation with all my apps/settings etc

I have an operating Ubuntu installation and I would like to create an installation USB or DVD that will include all my apps and settings from my current installation. Is this possible? Ubuntu version ...
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How do I move a Ubuntu Install to a drive where Windows is already installed?

I know clonezilla would work if I was moving to a clean drive, but that's NOT what I want to do. The reason I'm having a problem is simple: I installed Ubuntu and told it to "Install alongside ...
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How to add .env file

I run Ubuntu terminal via windows (installed it via windows insider program) I joined this company as intern and they have a website that they are working on. I was given certain steps to follow, so I ...
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Working with an nvme m.2 on a RPi - Issues with booting from

Couple question related to R{i and nvme m.2. (1) I've been successful(in some cases) getting the Linux system image installed on my RPi on an m.2 drive. However getting it to boot from it is like ...
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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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Can a linux raid array be cloned?

I have my system all set up on a pair of older NVMe drives and I have a new pair of PCIe 4.0 drives coming in today. My motherboard will support all four drives. Is there a way to clone the arrays, ...
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considarations for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS dual boot with Passthrough and standar boot

I running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with nouveau drivers and the integrate graphics card, and a dedicate nvidia gpu for a KVM GPU passthrough configuration. All works perfect. However, I am planing go back to ...
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Question on cloning(using dd command) entire system to SSD

After reading on threads, I'm still confused and need your help. My laptop is Lenovo G580 20157 - 2 Hard Drives (sda and sdb) sda(500GB) - SSD sdb(250GB) - Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS see the picture attached ...
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Replacing Hard Disk used for storage Ubuntu is on SSD

I have Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS installed on a SSD and two other hard drives I use for storage. I want to upgrade one to a bigger drive is there a way to clone it. I have a USB3 Hardrive dock as well. I am ...
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Cloning the `D:` disk: how do I recognize the right `if=/dev/`?

Last time when I cloned my data HDD the task was easy. I had 4TB source and 8TB target. Now it is worse: I have two 8TB disks. My question is obvious: how do I recognize from lsblk the right paths to ...
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can dd be used with an external hdd to clone the image on a new system?

I think I asked that right, but here goes. I have 2 systems A and B. A has failed. I want to clone B and install it on A. Can I use dd to make a clone of B, put that clone on an external HDD to ...
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Using dd to clone a server with multiple partitions

Is it possible to use dd to clone multiple partitions to one .iso file? I have a system I want to clone to another box, with multiple partitions. Can dd be used to perform this task? From what I can ...
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ubuntu boot very slow after clonning from HDD to SSD using gparted partition clonning

I bought a new samsung evo 870 ssd and wanted to clone my existing ubuntu partition from HDD. After referring multiple articles I clonned it using gparted partition clonning and then the ubuntu boot ...
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understanding df -h output for use with dd

What do the different sda devices represent in this df -h output? Aren't /var /usr /opt all apart of / (the root directory)? Does this mean those directories are partitioned differently? -bash-3.2$ df ...
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Cloning Ubuntu from a usb key to a partition of internal SSD

I have Ubuntu installed on a usb drive for a while now. I could not installed it along side Windows because my SSD was in RAID mode and not AHCI, so Ubuntu was not able to detect it. But recently I ...
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How can I clone my HDD to a smaller SSD?

I am trying to clone my whole Ubuntu 20.04 LTS operating system from a bigger (500 GB) HDD to a smaller (120 GB) SSD. I know that there is a huge difference between 120 and 500 GB, but I am only using ...
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Different boot experience after cloning SSD

I use to have Ubuntu installed on a 64gb SSD... But then it needed more capacity. So I cloned the SSD into one with 128gb capacity using the "Disks" application on Ubuntu (that comes pre-...
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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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How to clone Ubuntu from HDD to SSD using Windows

I have dual boot windows and Ubuntu 20.10 on HDD. I have installed a SSD in place of DVD player on HP laptop. I want to know if there is any way I can clone Ubuntu to a partition of new SSD using the ...
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How can I clone a Ubuntu installation from a dual drive dual boot set up to new SSD?

My current system set up is as follows: System: Host: Ubuntu 20.10 Kernel: 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: N/A Distro: Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK ...
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Cloned 16.04 LTS system won't boot

I've been using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for about 3 years now, and finally used up all the space on my 1TB HDD. So I cloned my entire old 1TB HDD to a new 2TB SSD with gparted, expecting the outcome to be an ...
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Disk to use it's full space

I've recently bought an M2 SSD into my home server, running Ubuntu 20.10. The original SATA SSD was a 120GB SSD, the one I bought is a 240GB. I didn't want to install everything from the basics, so I'...
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Boot problem after NVMe SSD cloning Ubuntu 18.04

I booted an ubuntu 18.04 live system and copied both partitions of my old Ubuntu 18.04 NVMe-SSD (one EFI System Partition fat32 and one ext4 partition, no encryption) onto a new one of the same size (...
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How to move Ubuntu from old Disk (upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04) to new Disk (Fresh install 20.04 LTS) -> data + apps?

Got a question, if somebody can help me with a guide or by providing a link how to proceed with such OS move? I got new SSD disk and want to move my old one (Upgraded ubuntu from 18 to 20.04) to this ...
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How do I backup everything on Ubuntu 20.04?

I would like to backup everything on my computer (as simply as poss) and save it somewhere else like a usb drive. For example I would like to copy everything, my desktop, theme, all my favourites from ...
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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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Secure and sure way to clone an identical LUKS External HDD

I am using Lubuntu 18.04. LUKS such a wonderful SW until you get trapped into a mental pain of never-ending loops. And the worst thing is that I do not know where I made a mistake and why that ...
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Backup my ubuntu 18.04 both (45GB) root and (1TB) home directories before resizing the root dir

I have a big (42GB) root and (1TB) home (ubuntu 18.04), as the Gpartted show & df -h. I want to back up my Ubuntu 18.04, not only copying all the files but also want all the installed packages/...
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How do I clone Ubuntu and Kali Linux (dual boot) from an old internal HDD to a new internal HDD without losing any data? [duplicate]

I have bought a new internal HDD hard drive as the previous one is old enough now I use Ubuntu and Kali Linux in dual boot and I have done a lot of customization and don't want to do that again with ...
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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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Replace disk with a smaller one without reinstalling Ubuntu?

I have 1TB disk with Ubuntu and I want to replace it with 500GB without uninstalling the system. Is this possible?
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DD: error writing - No space left on device

I have two SanDisk Extreme Pro USB sticks/disks which are exactly 128,000,000,000 bytes each (about 119GiB) and have been using the dd command regularly to clone one disk from the other (I've ...
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How to clone and resize a dual-boot SSD from a smaller to a bigger SSD disk?

So, I have this Windows 7/Ubuntu 16.04 dual boot system, tightly fitted on a 120GB SSD. I would like to migrate it to a bigger ~500GB SSD and resize the partitions in order to have more space. The big ...
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How to make and install the image of my own Ubuntu 16.04 installation with Docker on a remote server

I'm going to hire some space on a remote linux workstation equipped with a Geforce GTX 1080 ti because I want to run there this deep learning repository : https://github.com/CMU-Perceptual-Computing-...
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Why settings of ubuntu was not restored like before?

So, there is the question: I have done an clone of the root when I considered all things work fine (samba settings was done and sharing working like a charm). Then I tried other settings and things go ...
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Trying to clone my 500GB HDD to a 250GB SSD

I am trying to clone my whole Ubuntu OS to a new SSD. I was following This video. To check to which disk I had to clone, I ran the lsblk command. According to this, It seems that sda is my ...
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How do I clone an Ubuntu system to a new machine? [duplicate]

I have an Ubuntu system with a large project, many small projects, and (of course) loads of packages and libraries. If I buy a new computer and want to replicate all of this, how do I do it? I ...
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How/where to clone current 18.04 kernel (5.0.0-37-generic), specifically using Git

I am looking to download/clone the source of kernel 5.0.0-37. I am looking to do this exclusively via Git. I know there are other ways to download the source, but I am looking for info on the Git repo ...
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Clonezilla fails to back up

I'm trying to back up USB stick using Clonezilla and I'm getting the following messages: Starting to clone device (/dev/sdf5) to image(.) Reading Super Block extfsclone.c: FS contains a file system ...
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Black screen with white command line cursor when booting from clonned HDD

I clonned the portable ubuntu from my usb stick to my laptop (hdd ~500gb) using a Gparted live usb. Now, when trying to boot from the hdd it only shows the white pointer and nothing else. I ...
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Cloned Ubuntu does not work properly

I cloned my Ubuntu 18.04 installation to an SSD with the program "systemback" and named it Ubuntuclone. I use Ubuntuclone with my MacBook Pro for a separate OS. While my mac is booting I hit the alt ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 guests which cloned by virtualbox have the same ip but different mac address in NAT network

I tried to build a group of Virtual machine in Virtualbox, and connect them with NAT network. The main information shows as below: The Virtualbox version: 6.0.12 The Ubuntu guest version: ubuntu-18....
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