Create image of OS

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#1

Hi

I just got my system running / configured the way I want it, Is there a way to create a image of it (including all /home documents) so I can clone it to another drive?

thansk
JOhn Kilbert

#2

If the other machine is the same architecture you could use clonezilla to create an image of the partition and then restore this image on the new drive:
http://clonezilla.org/

I’m not exactly sure what are your exact requirements so if you would elaborate on the details it would be easier to give some suggestions.

#3

Thanks

Machine would be same (amd) I want to save a copy of my OS including all enabled repos, settings, passwords, logins, etc… so I can just clone the existing drive to another (even if a different size) and have basically a duplicate machine all set up the way I have it today.

Thanks Much!

#4

You can clone it to a larger drive, but not to a smaller drive. Each target partition must be the same size or larger for Clonezilla to restore it.

#5

Note if changing hardware best to run mkinitrd to re-discover the hardware there can be minor difference.

#6

I’m a big fan of fsarchiver.

You’ll need to boot from a live cd, I like this one, http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Download/

This will restore to different filesystems and I believe it supports smaller or larger partitions. It’s very powerful, but CLI only.