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SOLVED - Cloning Whole HDD

alpha1

Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:46:01 pm

Hi Guys
Not a problem with Zorin but can you help?

Look i am trying to clone the whole HDD of Zorin, but i think i am doing somethig wrong.
Because when i try to then boot the cloned drive nothing happens.

This is what i have done so far:-
dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/dev/sda1

runs fine to the end, No issues
But cannot then boot the cloned drive.

What am i missing?

Auldyin

Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:30:15 pm

Hi alpha1

Try ReDo Backup http://redobackup.org/ It works for me.

Cheers Auldyin

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alpha1

Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:14:09 pm

Auldyin wrote:Hi alpha1

Try ReDo Backup http://redobackup.org/ It works for me.

Cheers Auldyin

:D :D :D :D :D :D


Many Thanks for your advice Auldyin.
However this dos not do what i am looking for - although it seems to backup well enough but dos not clone the HDD as i had hoped

My indented gold is to clone the HDD so that if i connect it up, it will boot from this drive auto bring up my OS.

I am not sure if this is possible but i need to be able to bring this drive back on line in the eventuality of a problem with as little fus as possible.
Is this not possible?

Auldyin

Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:53:31 pm

Hi alpha1

A clone is a clone and Iv'e found ReDo the best for this.
Read this post viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4034 it could be helpful.

Is your problem cloning to and booting from an USB connected external hard drive :?: :?:

Cheers Auldyin

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Anonymous

Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:03:39 pm

Links for > Clone/Mirror HD > For Ref.


: http://askubuntu.com/questions/151127/h ... -hard-disk


: http://www.sudo-juice.com/how-to-clone- ... ntu-linux/


And what Auldyin suggested will work also for cloning.

But in your case, And if I read your ( question) right, your actually trying to create a > Mirror < of Zorin OS on a second drive.
The mirrored drive would be configured to auto boot,if the primary fails.

Mirroring is like a clone, but is dynamic and real time using two hard drives set up as a RAID 1.

Link : http://superuser.com/questions/421623/u ... ing-device


OR

Use Search Engine > How to create a mirror (Raid 1) of an already setup and running Ubuntu 12.04 system <

It's been a long time in doing this sort of task in relation to GNU/Linux !! :lol: :lol:

alpha1

Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:12:04 pm

swarfendor437 wrote:Or ....! the other possibility is that, assuming a PATA drive you have not changed Master to Slave or vice-versa.

Or ...! You did not detach the old drive before booting?

Or ... you could try clonezilla which asks if you want to copy the boot sector of the drive (that will contain the GRUB) to the new one!

You may also need to run fsck first then run dpkg to make sure it matches the system you have put the new drive in if this is to save time doing a fresh install on a different machine!


My extreme thanks to all who replied
I am now very happy, did the reading, system now cloned after following your suggestions and using Clonezill it did the job.
This product is highly recommended.

Many Thanks Guys