Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: usb-creator
In order to be able to make backups that can be taken to use without a
time-consuming restore step, it would be useful to have a tool for
cloning an existing Ubuntu installation onto another disk (USB or
(S)ATA). On Mac, I use SuperDuper! for this, but I haven't found a
similar tool for Ubuntu.
That is, I suggest making it possible to use a partition with a bootable
Ubuntu installation as the source (not just an .iso) and letting the
target be another ext4 partition on another disk. The cloning process
should copy all files, directories and file system attributes and should
update UUIDs in relevant places (by default to point to swap on the same
physical disk as the target partition) and install a suitable configured
copy of GRUB2 onto the target disk.
It seems to me that the Startup Disk Creator is would be the most
natural place for functionality like this.
** Affects: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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RFE: Support cloning an existing Ubuntu installation onto another disk in a
bootable form
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582778
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