Flash disk cloning - Revision history

Jca: /* Old description */

2012-08-29T09:33:02Z

Old description

2012-08-29T09:32:22Z

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	=== 2012 version with Xubuntu 12.04===		=== 2012 version with Xubuntu 12.04===

	~~NB! not finished yet, but there is clone scrips (from~~ image to new bootable disk) on smr24 in room 011:		====Clone image to (new) disk====

			Make a new bootable disk from existing image:

			Use '''clone-xubuntu''' and '''clone-databar''' on smr24 (room 011) as root in /root, where available images are in the ''images'' subdirectory.

	====Make new boot image====		====Make new boot image====
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	umount disk		umount disk

	~~====Clone image to (new) disk====~~

	~~Make a new bootable disk from existing image:~~

	~~Use '''clone-xubuntu''' and '''clone-databar''' on smr24 as root in /root, where available images are in the ''images'' subdirectory.~~

	===Old description===		===Old description===

	[[old disk cloning procedure]]		[[old disk cloning procedure]]

2012-08-29T09:30:59Z

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 Use '''clone-xubuntu''' and '''clone-databar''' on smr24 as root in /root, where available images are in the ''images'' subdirectory.
-=== Old 2011 version ===
+===Old description===
-In order to support both VIA Nehemiah and Intel Atom based platforms two kernels must be included in the smr flash image.
+[[old disk cloning procedure]]

2012-08-29T09:29:42Z

Clone image to (new) disk

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:29, 29 August 2012
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	Make a new bootable disk from existing image:		Make a new bootable disk from existing image:

	Use ''clone-xubuntu'' and ''clone-databar'' on smr24 as root in /root, where available images are ~~available~~ in ''images'' subdirectory.		Use '''clone-xubuntu''' and '''clone-databar''' on smr24 as root in /root, where available images are in the ''images'' subdirectory.

	=== Old 2011 version ===		=== Old 2011 version ===

2012-08-29T09:29:00Z

2012 version with Xubuntu 12.04

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 === 2012 version with Xubuntu 12.04===
-NB! not finished yet, but:
+NB! not finished yet, but there is clone scrips (from image to new bootable disk) on smr24 in room 011:
 ====Make new boot image====
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 ====Clone image to (new) disk====
-Make a new bootable disk from existing image (this procedure is now in clone-xubuntu on smr24):
+Make a new bootable disk from existing image:
-* put the destination disk on the system (if not already there), list disk devices:
+Use ''clone-xubuntu'' and ''clone-databar'' on smr24 as root in /root, where available images are available in ''images'' subdirectory.
 === Old 2011 version ===

2012-08-29T09:24:40Z

New in 2011 version

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	at the same time data in logfiles /var/log should maybe be removed from image		at the same time data in logfiles /var/log should maybe be removed from image

	=== ~~New in~~ 2011 version ===		=== Old 2011 version ===

	In order to support both VIA Nehemiah and Intel Atom based platforms two kernels must be included in the smr flash image.		In order to support both VIA Nehemiah and Intel Atom based platforms two kernels must be included in the smr flash image.

2012-08-15T11:32:54Z

Clone image to (new) disk

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:32, 15 August 2012
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	====Clone image to (new) disk====		====Clone image to (new) disk====

	Make a new bootable disk from existing image:		Make a new bootable disk from existing image (this procedure is now in clone-xubuntu on smr24):

	* put the destination disk on the system (if not already there), list disk devices:		* put the destination disk on the system (if not already there), list disk devices:

2012-08-15T11:30:09Z

Clone image to (new) disk

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	/dev/sda1 55805420 50781108 2228604 96% /		/dev/sda1 55805420 50781108 2228604 96% /
	* Use fdisk -l /dev/sdb1 to see if it has the expected size.		* Use fdisk -l /dev/sdb1 to see if it has the expected size.
	* reformat the disk (using all space (the first 2 ,,) for a linux partition (the L), and bootable (the*):		* reformat the disk (using all space (the first '1,,' - except 1st sector that is needed by grub) for a linux partition (the L), and bootable (the*):
	sudo bash		sudo bash
	echo ",,L,*" \| sfdisk -L /dev/sdb		echo "1,,L,*" \| sfdisk -L /dev/sdb
	* make ext4 filesystem of the new partition		* make ext4 filesystem of the new partition
	mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1		mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

2012-07-13T15:59:29Z

2012 version with Xubuntu 12.04

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	A new reboot seems to solve the problem.		A new reboot seems to solve the problem.

			It maybe due to old data in /etc/mtab,
			at the same time data in logfiles /var/log should maybe be removed from image

	=== New in 2011 version ===		=== New in 2011 version ===

2012-07-13T15:33:11Z

2012 version with Xubuntu 12.04

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	* you may now halt the system and remove the new disk		* you may now halt the system and remove the new disk
	halt		halt

			=====problems observed=====

			it seems like the first boot using the new disk fails to get wireless and nis (yp-bind) up and running, which results in that it is impossible to login.

			A new reboot seems to solve the problem.

	=== New in 2011 version ===		=== New in 2011 version ===