Thanks for the instructions on the BIOS - umm, nothing was wrong.
Having the USB stick prior to entering the BIOS made the device show up.
OK, dd'd the disk. Took a long time, 94 minutes, but everything is
transferred, except for this email.
Next is to resize in gparted - which didn't
I forgot just how slow DVD burning can be. No wonder, no one hardly
uses them anymore. USB3 is truly a great invention.
On 12/1/18 4:24 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote:
Totally unexpected fly in the ointment. Option in BIOS to boot to USB
has disappeared. Arggghh!
American Megatrends BIOS
On some of the BIOSes, unless you have the USB drive connected, before
you go into the BIOS, it will not appear as a boot option.
Also, depending on the USB flash drive model, it may appear:
1) as a removable device (aka a floppy drive),
2) a hard drive (appearing as second choice under hard
Totally unexpected fly in the ointment. Option in BIOS to boot to USB
has disappeared. Arggghh!
American Megatrends BIOS Version 2.15.1226 ca. 2012
There were 4 boot options - now there is only 3, and no (apparent)
option to get a 4th option back. I took a picture of the screen, but
Clonezilla is awesome for that.
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 2:07 PM Dan Jenkins wrote:
> 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
Thanks for everyone's suggestions! Sometimes one misses the obvious.
Bruce
On 12/1/18 1:50 PM, Mac wrote:
Umm...make a bootable usb stick, boot from that and do the dd?
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 12:51 PM Bruce Labitt
mailto:bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net>>
wrote:
It' apparent that one uses
Parted also works for me. Both clonezilla and parted are my recommendations.
On December 1, 2018 12:51:34 PM EST, Bruce Labitt
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
We use Clonezilla off a bootable USB flash drive.
On December 1, 2018 12:51:34 PM EST, Bruce Labitt
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
Umm...make a bootable usb stick, boot from that and do the dd?
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 12:51 PM Bruce Labitt
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
Boot any Linux distro, Fedora or Ubuntu from USB, and dd should work fine.
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On Sat, Dec 1, 2018, 12:53 PM Bruce Labitt It'
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
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