Questions tagged [clonezilla]
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Copy Linux Mint boot area from external SSD drive
I'm sorry if this question is not on topic. I am moving from Windows to Linux and had the idea to use a bootable Linux Mint external SSD to slowly download and integrate all the software I use, while ...
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How to get clonezilla and do so safely?
I have been doing backups with partclone for a short while, and just discovered that it is part of Clonezilla, which may be a more convenient tool than using partclone directly. It appears to be free,...
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Clonezilla 'dry-run' or 'what-if' mode to calculate final image size
Is there an option for clonezilla to make it calculate the final image size of a disk to image without actually creating the image, like a test mode or what-if switch?
I've searched and read docs ...
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Clone a Linux partition to a new SSD and keep both partitions in GRUB
I have the following disks and partitions:
sda 8:0 0 238,5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 16M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 174,5G 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 529M 0 part
└─sda4 8:4 0 63,...
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Can’t set up 4K resolution on new PC after cloning Linux Kubuntu SSD from laptop with Clonezilla
SOLVED! THE REAL PROBLEM WAS MY HARDWARE:
I tried running Kubuntu in a live environment through my USB and I had the same problem (and in the windows setup then as well, but I didn't notice). After ...
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How do I image a LUKS system disk with Clonezilla without including all the empty space?
I have a 1 TB NVMe disk with Ubuntu 22 installed with vanilla options, except I used LVM, and enabled LUKS. I'd like to image the disk for easy restores. Simply backing up the files is not enough for ...
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clonezilla:Failed to use partclone program to save or restore an image!
When I was using the clonezilla-live-20220502-jammy-amd64 version of clonezilla for a linux system backup, the following error occurred. When I executed the e2fsck -f /dev/mmcblk0p2 command and backed ...
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Boot problem after cloning
Guess this is the first time I post a question here. Have been playing with Linux and VMware servers for more than 10 years now. Lately I decided to move my focus on Debian desktops and ProxMox (again)...
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boot user's personal system from NFS
In my university we have a computer room with PCs with Linux installed. At the login the user's home directory is mounted over NFS using login credentials.
I know that it is possible to boot the ...
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Safest way to clone OS disk besides dd and Clonezilla
I would like to clone my OS drive, to a same/larger disk. And I will do this periodically.
On Windows I use AOEMI Partition Assistant to clone disks. The GUI is very good and idiot-proof. However, ...
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Passing a boot menu option to GRUB on a Live USB drive?
I have an ubuntu system, and I want to have a semi-automated way of running a clonezilla unattended image / re-image from a USB drive.
To that end, I've modified the GRUB menu items to be along these ...
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Restore lost bootloader on a luks partition
I need an advice about a bad situation.
I was installing a new linux ditro by using my main PC. I booted with the ISO and then installed the distro on /dev/sdc, which was an external USB drive.
My bad,...
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CENTOS 7 disk cloned from image won't boot. Need new BIOS?
I'm trying to make my brand-new HP Z4G4 workstation boot to CENTOS 7 from its SSD drive, but after it indicated which kernel it's using, spins its wheel, and shows its faint "7" on the ...
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How to create a bootable Ubuntu hard disk from an image of an Ubuntu partition?
I had a dual boot SSD with Windows 7 (on primary) and Ubuntu 18.04 (on extended partition). I needed to delete the Windows partition so as to let Ubuntu use the entire HDD.
Since Ubuntu was on the ...
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Clonezilla - What is going on when it says 'Syncing...'
I have booted clonezilla live done a partition-to-partition copy to copy between a 5400rpm HDD into unpartitioned space on a new SSD (both connected via sata).
It took over 12.5 hours to copy 100GB. ...
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