You might give Clonezilla a try. Burn it to a USB drive, Boot from that drive then generate an image on another USB, hard drive, or whatever.
Checkout clonezilla.org for details. It can also work over a network, but the devil is in the details, as always. The resultant drive should be bootable. On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Danny Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > So as per previous thread, I may be moving this to another PC. And > probably change to an SSHD. > > I spent a ridiculous amount of time getting the OS and LinuxCNC RT > installed and configured. And I didn't do all of it myself so it's not > a straight shot to repeat. I'm just saying if I start from scratch > again, this will not be a quick operation. > > How reliable is it to just copy the entire installation to a new drive > on a new (different) machine? > > On Windows, I've just moved my old drive to a new machine a number of > times. But I was foiled when I replaced my AMD-based motherboard with > an Intel-based MB, no boot. My LinuxCNC machine is currently on an > Intel Core Duo, and I might change to an AMD-based machine. Will it even > be able to boot? Will it be easy to adapt to an AMD without a full > reinstall? What's it take to adapt it? > > I was told there's a convenient tool or method for creating an image of > the whole installation (OS and LinuxCNC) and packing it up. Is that > true? 'Cause I sure wish one of those had been on Bittorrent, that > would have saved my a crazy amount of time. If it can be done maybe > I'll do it and put it out there for others. > > Danny > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications > Manager > Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple > tiers of > your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and > reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! > https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- ><> ... Jack The Four Boxes of Liberty - "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order." "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "The most dangerous phrase in the language is "We’ve always done it this way"-- Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Ben Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
