Can I clone my computer to others, somehow?

[daytonageeks]

AM using Hardy Heron, have spent the required time setting it up juuuuuust right - now want to clone all my work to other computers instead of having to go through ALLLLL the setup over n over.
Any ideas?
Thanks and Blessings,
Daytonageeks (Jim)

[nkri]

You can use PartImage to make carbon copies of your Ubuntu partition, and restore it on as many other computers as you want...but it will only work if the partitions on the other computers are the same size as the one on the original. For example, if the original is 100GB and the other computer is 50GB it won't work. If the original and the other are both 100GB, it'll work fine.

Good luck!
-nkri

[akiratheoni]

Perhaps this might help:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/clone-your...tallation.html

[meanburrito920]

yes and no. You technically could clone the computer, but it would require fooling your computer into thinking that it had the same specs as the original. The easier option is just to copy over your home directory (which is where all your personal settings are stored). This won't copy your programs over, but it is simple enough to mass install all the same programs. It won't preserve GRUB settings or anything either, but your desktop background, icons, themes, layout, terminal, and most program settings will be the same.

[tgalati4]

Assuming identical hardware (and I mean EXACTLY the same hardware configuration) you could do the following:

Put the master disk on IDE ribbon 1 and the clone disk (equal or greater size) on ribbon 2. No need to partition or wipe the clone disk. Boot from CD using the live disk. From a terminal:

>cp /dev/hda /dev/hdb

Put the clone drive in the new machine and see if it boots.

I cloned 10 machines this way in a couple of hours.

If you are using SATA drives then you would use /dev/sda.

[BLTicklemonster]

Maybe something like this would help?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=852868

[Vivaldi Gloria]

There is NO need for the hardware to be same. Take out the system disk from the ubuntu box and put it in another computer and ubuntu will just work on the new computer provided that:

1) Ubuntu uses a default kernel (you have not compiled a kernel yourself)
2) Ubuntu has no problem with the hardware of the second computer.

When ubuntu boots up it recognizes new hardware and adjusts accordingly.

So first try if the live cd works with the second computer. Then clone the ubundu disk (with e.g. clonezilla) and put it in the second computer.

[alienexplorers]

You could try a program called remastersys. It lets you make backups of your entire computer or you can make distributation copies.

[k3lt01]

You could try a program called remastersys. It lets you make backups of your entire computer or you can make distributation copies.

That's how I do it.

[Archmage]

If you are only talking about your settings in the program:

You could copy your home-partition on the other PC.