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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I forgot just how slow DVD burning can
be. No wonder, no one hardly uses them anymore. USB3 is truly a
great invention.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/1/18 4:24 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Totally unexpected fly in the
ointment. Option in BIOS to boot to USB has disappeared.
Arggghhhhhh!!!!!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">American Megatrends BIOS Version
2.15.1226 ca. 2012</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">There were 4 boot options - now there
is only 3, and no (apparent) option to get a 4th option back. I
took a picture of the screen, but I won't clutter up the list.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I *will* have to fix the bios, or I
won't be able to boot from USB.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Temp fix - just to get on with life,
is to create a boot DVD. Not even sure where I keep the DVDs
anymore... Fortunately, my laptop has a DVD writer.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I did visit the AMI website, but it
wasn't obvious how or if I could upgrade the BIOS. I sent them
a tech support request, on upgrade, and in particular about the
disappearing option, maybe I will get an answer next week.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">At the moment, I'm not feeling very
confident. This all seemed easy a day ago, now its gotten
complicated...<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/1/18 3:18 PM, Tom Buskey wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Clonezilla is awesome for that.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 2:07 PM Dan Jenkins <<a
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<pre class="m_-8062842004574287438k9mail">It' apparent that one uses a variant of dd. What isn't apparent is how
one goes about cloning one's primary disk (active). From searching it
appears it is not recommended to use dd when the disk is active, either
the source or the destination.
I'm trying to clone my nearly full SSD with the OS (Ubuntu 18.04) to a
new larger SSD.
Is there a tiny linux I can boot into that I can run dd from? Or can I
make the main disk ro? What do you suggest?
I have backed up home. I really don't want to re-install the OS, since
I have had troubles with gdm3 screwing up (different topic). (Black
screen, no consoles)
Recommendations/recipes on the cloning process sought.
I was simply going to use
# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdc bs=4096 conv=sync,noerror
I've seen lots of comments about block size and optimal setting, but I'm
not sure what is optimal if there are unknown (but few) source drive errors.
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