Clone Linux to second PC
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 2:03 pm
I have installed Linux Debian 8 (Jessie) on a PC and it has taken me the best part of a day to customise to my liking. I have a second PC (call it PC2) and wondered if it is feasible to create this same system on PC2 by using an image of PC1, rather than spending the hours recustomising a new installation.
I have already cloned the system to PC1 successfully to get a second instance to multiboot. I changed the UUID of the clone (although this might not have been necessary as I don't limit primaries) by mounting the root partition in a different Linux and edited grub.cfg to update the UUID.
My plan to clone it to PC2 would be to copy over the image to somewhere on PC2, set up boot edit and restore the image. I guess it's possible it won't boot because of grub issues so I'd try to use a grub CD to boot it (I have used a grub CD to boot a modified system before) then run update-grub when logged in to PC2. I would also change the host name.
Other than that I'm not sure what else I'd need to change, so any tips would be most welcome, thanks.
I have already cloned the system to PC1 successfully to get a second instance to multiboot. I changed the UUID of the clone (although this might not have been necessary as I don't limit primaries) by mounting the root partition in a different Linux and edited grub.cfg to update the UUID.
My plan to clone it to PC2 would be to copy over the image to somewhere on PC2, set up boot edit and restore the image. I guess it's possible it won't boot because of grub issues so I'd try to use a grub CD to boot it (I have used a grub CD to boot a modified system before) then run update-grub when logged in to PC2. I would also change the host name.
Other than that I'm not sure what else I'd need to change, so any tips would be most welcome, thanks.