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@mhoye@cosocial.ca

2026-09-13 13:55 UTC

An question I never found an answer to, when I last asked it in I think 2019: I’m already in a Linux, of whatever flavor, is there a way for me plug a new, bare hard drive in and say “turn this new drive into a bootable install that’s just about identical to the machine I'm currently using?" I don't necessarily mean bit-for-bit "identical" - clone meaning "working, identical boot process, same .debs installed" would be a solid start.

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  • @rayk@techhub.social 2026-09-13 21:46

    @mhoye@cosocial.ca I recently installed #Fedora #CoreOS on my home server. It uses a configuration system that can fully clone a server. You can boot the installer and then feed it the config you have for the other server and it basically duplicates it.

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