We use Clonezilla off a bootable USB flash drive.
On December 1, 2018 12:51:34 PM EST, Bruce Labitt <bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net> wrote: >It' apparent that one uses a variant of dd. What isn't apparent is how > >one goes about cloning one's primary disk (active). From searching it >appears it is not recommended to use dd when the disk is active, either > >the source or the destination. > >I'm trying to clone my nearly full SSD with the OS (Ubuntu 18.04) to a >new larger SSD. > >Is there a tiny linux I can boot into that I can run dd from? Or can I > >make the main disk ro? What do you suggest? > >I have backed up home. I really don't want to re-install the OS, since > >I have had troubles with gdm3 screwing up (different topic). (Black >screen, no consoles) > >Recommendations/recipes on the cloning process sought. > >I was simply going to use > ># dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdc bs=4096 conv=sync,noerror > >I've seen lots of comments about block size and optimal setting, but >I'm >not sure what is optimal if there are unknown (but few) source drive >errors. > >Thanks, > >Bruce > > >_______________________________________________ >gnhlug-discuss mailing list >gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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