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 -- RFE: Support cloning an existing Ubuntu installation onto another disk in a bootable form https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582778 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs