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== SMR Flash Disk Cloning == | == SMR Flash Disk Cloning == | ||
=== 2012 version with Xubuntu 12.04=== | |||
====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==== | |||
Update image on one of the 4GB sticks, then make new imagefile | |||
mkdir -p | * put 4GB stick on another linux (with GRUP installed) | ||
mount /dev/ | * mount the disk on a local directory as root, e.g.: | ||
sudo bash | |||
mkdir -p disk | |||
mount /dev/sdb1 disk | |||
* copy everything on disk to an image file (it takes several minutes): | |||
cd disk | |||
tar -czf ../image/smrXubuntu20120715.tar.gz * | |||
cd .. | |||
umount disk | |||
==Old description== | |||
[[old disk cloning procedure]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:33, 29 August 2012
SMR Flash Disk Cloning
2012 version with Xubuntu 12.04
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
Update image on one of the 4GB sticks, then make new imagefile
- put 4GB stick on another linux (with GRUP installed)
- mount the disk on a local directory as root, e.g.:
sudo bash mkdir -p disk mount /dev/sdb1 disk
- copy everything on disk to an image file (it takes several minutes):
cd disk tar -czf ../image/smrXubuntu20120715.tar.gz * cd .. umount disk