What’s the best way to clone a Linux boot drive? Is it Clonezilla?
I want to move my existing Ubuntu install to an external drive and then start fresh with a new distro using the internal drive.
On a MacBook, I’d just use SuperDuper! will Clonezilla accomplish the same thing or is there a better tool for the job?
Mike Rockwell
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