are there any live OSes that can do disk cloning

KKrazedHero are there any live OSes that can do disk cloning

HikariKnight•4/25/24, 2:18 AM

technically any as they all come with

dd

dd

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:18 AM

i would be able to clone a 512gb nvme to an external and then back to a new nvme with a bigger capacity seamlessly?

HikariKnight•4/25/24, 2:19 AM

it will take a lot of time but yes

HikariKnight•4/25/24, 2:19 AM

then just fire up gparted to get the partition size auto fixed before leaving the live install

Nerdy•4/25/24, 2:22 AM

i can try to download if you need me to test

HHikariKnight it will take a lot of time but yes

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:23 AM

i should add this will be a ntfs file system and it will work?

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:23 AM

and how much is a "lot of time"

Nerdy•4/25/24, 2:23 AM

@Kyle Gospo 1/500th my normal download speed seems pretty slow, yeah

Nerdy•4/25/24, 2:23 AM

and getting slower

Nerdy•4/25/24, 2:24 AM

under 1MB/s now

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:24 AM

you have 5.2 Gbps internet?

KKrazedHero i should add this will be a ntfs file system and it will work?

HikariKnight•4/25/24, 2:24 AM

dd clones everything including empty data, bit by bit
it is the most accurate way to clone a disk

for ntfs though i am sure systemrescuecd comes with something like ntfsclone or something (clonezilla does too but it is not a "live" desktop image)

Nerdy•4/25/24, 2:24 AM

5gbps

Nerdy•4/25/24, 2:25 AM

yay for fiber

HHikariKnight dd clones everything including empty data, bit by bit it is the most accurate wa...

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:26 AM

i looked it up and clonezilla actually seems like what i need

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:26 AM

KKrazedHero i looked it up and clonezilla actually seems like what i need

HikariKnight•4/25/24, 2:27 AM

if the disk has a bootloader on it, i forgot what the correct options to choose in clonezilla was, so make sure to test boot it too

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:27 AM

oki

HikariKnight•4/25/24, 2:28 AM

since clonezilla has a lot of knobs and dials for many scenarios, it is easy to nuke the bootloader on your destination disk with an incompatible option in some of the clone methods it uses

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:29 AM

i'll look up a guide

KrazedHeroOP•4/25/24, 2:29 AM

i knew clonezilla existed but i forgor the name

Mat•4/25/24, 2:30 AM

hi everyone, just discovered bazzite and was wondering, how crappy (or not) will it run on a really underpowered mini pc: Atom x5-Z8300 (Intel HD Cherry Trail), 2GB RAM (VRAM shared) and 32GB SSD. Want to play some indies like Rogue Legacy, nothing fancy.