I think I know what framp is getting at:
SD Card Copier or some GUI apps in general can clone the running OS.
The argument against "dd" is probably that it causes problems when cloning during operation, e.g. with open files.
In any case, it is very often discouraged.
I'm also looking for a way to clone a freshly installed system from SD card to an NVMe SSD and there are only tools that only run under the GUI.
So far I've always done it headless by setting up an SD card that I later clone to the NVMe (on a Pi 5).
Since I don't want to do this during operation, I use a USB stick that contains an OS Lite, which I then boot from and then use "dd" to copy the SD card to the built-in NVMe.
It should also work with clonezilla, but that would be overkill for me to set it up because I had to flash NVMe a few times.
That's why I'm also looking for a way to bypass this intermediate step with the USB stick in order to clone the SD directly onto an NVMe SSD, without a GUI and without the system not running afterwards.
The best way would of course be to be able to flash the newly installed NVMe SSD directly, but I haven't found a way yet (other than removing it and flashing it using a USB adapter or the way over a separate USB stick and "dd").
I was also thinking about OTG, but I don't know enough about it.
SD Card Copier or some GUI apps in general can clone the running OS.
The argument against "dd" is probably that it causes problems when cloning during operation, e.g. with open files.
In any case, it is very often discouraged.
I'm also looking for a way to clone a freshly installed system from SD card to an NVMe SSD and there are only tools that only run under the GUI.
So far I've always done it headless by setting up an SD card that I later clone to the NVMe (on a Pi 5).
Since I don't want to do this during operation, I use a USB stick that contains an OS Lite, which I then boot from and then use "dd" to copy the SD card to the built-in NVMe.
It should also work with clonezilla, but that would be overkill for me to set it up because I had to flash NVMe a few times.
That's why I'm also looking for a way to bypass this intermediate step with the USB stick in order to clone the SD directly onto an NVMe SSD, without a GUI and without the system not running afterwards.
The best way would of course be to be able to flash the newly installed NVMe SSD directly, but I haven't found a way yet (other than removing it and flashing it using a USB adapter or the way over a separate USB stick and "dd").
I was also thinking about OTG, but I don't know enough about it.
Statistics: Posted by NetSecond — Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:13 pm