Best way to clone an OS drive?
by bennylavalol from LinuxQuestions.org on (#59RZ8)
Hi all, I'm wanting to find out the best way to clone a Linux OS drive. I want to make a copy of the drive I'm on now. I bought it just to try out the linux distros and see if I could make the switch from windows. Turns out I can, so now I need a bigger better SSD. This one is only 250Gb, but it was cheap and now it'll just be storage.
So what's the best way to clone a linux OS drive? To be clear, not image, but clone. I want to just perform the cloning process, and then pop the new drive into a computer and have go straight to the desktop. No messing around with settings, no need to deal with the terminal. Just plug it in, and it goes as though it's the original drive.
I used to do this with Acronis and Clonezilla with Windows, years ago. It was awesome because you could just make all kinds of backups that you knew with 100% certainty would work with no messing around. You'd plug it in, and it would just boot right into the OS. That's what I'm looking for. Thanks!
So what's the best way to clone a linux OS drive? To be clear, not image, but clone. I want to just perform the cloning process, and then pop the new drive into a computer and have go straight to the desktop. No messing around with settings, no need to deal with the terminal. Just plug it in, and it goes as though it's the original drive.
I used to do this with Acronis and Clonezilla with Windows, years ago. It was awesome because you could just make all kinds of backups that you knew with 100% certainty would work with no messing around. You'd plug it in, and it would just boot right into the OS. That's what I'm looking for. Thanks!