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Duplicating an installation of Ubuntu

Duplicating an installation of Ubuntu to deploy it on another computer, to provision virtual machines, to make a runnable backup or any other purpose.

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How to migrate user settings and data to new machine?

I'm new to Ubuntu and recently started using it on my PC. I'm going to replace that PC with a new machine. I want to transfer my data and settings to the nettop. What aspects should I consider? Obviously I want to move my data over. What things am I…
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Why is there a 20-30 second pause early in the boot cycle after cloning my hard drive?

I've seen a few other posts on this topic. Only one or two were very close to my situation, but there were no clear solutions. I would like to describe my situation specifically because I have some details that are not part of the other posts. I'm…
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How to transfer Ubuntu on WSL from one laptop to another?

New to Linux and Ubuntu. I am trying to transfer my old Ubuntu WSL files to my new Windows 11 laptop. I have gone through similar questions, but none seems to help my case. I am trying to clone the WSL of my old laptop on a USB hard drive so I can…
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How do I clone my 500GB HDD to a new 500GB SSD

I bought a 500GB SSD to replace my 500GB HDD. Now I want to clone the HDD to the SSD before I replace the HDD drive with the SSD. I have a mixture of Windows 10 and Linux partitions on the HDD. What is the best way to clone it to the SSD? My…
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harddisc clone vs fresh install

In terms of stability and performance, is it better to clone the entire HDD to a new computer or start with a fresh install? btw, much of my production software is in a virtual machine, which can be easily moved.But still, my ubuntu baremetal…
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Clonezilla on normal running system

I only used Clonezilla on Live USB and tried to use it inside running Ubuntu 14.04 amd64, so before installed it in usual way apt-get install clonezilla Then inserted source USB drive to clone started clonezilla as root choosen disk to image mode,…
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Can I generate an installation CD image from my current installation? How do I clone an Ubuntu install?

I recently upgraded my installation of 13.04 to 13.10. My friend has seen this and would like to install Ubuntu. Is there any way I can generate an installation CD from my current install without just downloading the ISO so that we can do a install…
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Permission denied using dd to clone main drive

So I'm trying to clone the setup of one computer to 4 identical machines on the same network. I don't fancy the idea of meddling with the insides of the computer, so I'm following the method outlined here However, whenever I try the method outlined…
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Cloning full-disc-encrypted system unencryptedly onto new disc

Essentially, I'm following this answer to clone the unencrypted content of a system with full-disc encryption to a new (smaller) SSD, from a live stick. I thought that would just consist of mapping the encrypted partitions, and then the usual dd,…
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pv permission denied, but dd works without error

pv is program running above dd. I am cloning my old HDD to a new SSD. It's 500GB of data. I tried to run the following command to copy sda to sdb: ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ sudo pv < /dev/sda > /dev/sdb bash: /dev/sda: Permission denied Using dd command did…
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Cloning Ubuntu over network

I want to migrate with my 12.04 to another machine. I have found the way with dd and hope it will work for me. The thing is that I have to somehow connect both drives to do the actual cloning. I'm trying NFS. When I write in /etc/exports: /dev/sda1…
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How to automatically clone a VM?

I run a Windows XP VM on an Ubuntu host machine version 14.04. I cloned 5 times the main VM. I am running a special software on the first VM. The software will damage the VM one day or an other. So That is why I automatically start one of the…
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Ensuring Cloned Computer Can Coexist with Original on Network

I've just cloned a computer (see here for my process, if it's relevant) and I want to make sure it will be OK on the same network as the original. I've changed the host name back to what it was pre cloning, so there won't be duplicates on the…
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How to fix HDD after doing a dd cloning

So yesterday I received a HDD that was used for cloning, the whole thing went like this: An HDD of 1TB which had 120GB used was resized to 140GB. After that they did the following: sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc where sdb is the 1TB hdd that was…
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How can I clone a 120GB ssd to a 80GB one?

Would someone know how to do this? I have cloned equal sized harddrives before with dd but I don't know how to clone a bigger one to a smaller one. The 120GB ssd has less than 50Gb worth of data fyi. How can I do this in Ubuntu?
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