Linux @lemmy.ml bartolomeo @suppo.fi 10mo ago

Can I just use dd to clone my laptop to a bootable USB stick?

I know about Clonezilla and copy pasting partitions with gparted, but can I just use dd to copy a partition with batocera to a USB stick and will it then boot from the stick? Do I have to set the boot flag or take any other steps?

Thank you for any tips.

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~~you can also use cp~~
- I wouldn't recommend this as cp might not persist file ownership and permissions or maintain hard/soft links properly.
  
  I guess, she meant copying not files but block devices, like cp /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1. With GNU cp this indeed works similar to dd.
  
  That's cool, I didn't know you could use cp on partitions.
  
  My bad, forgot that.
- Use this with tar
- How woild you do it?

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