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Is there an easy way of cloning entire installed debian/ubuntu system?
I want to have identical installation in terms of installed packages and as much as possible of settings.
I've looked into options of aptitude, apt-get, synaptic but have found nothing.
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Disk cloning in GUI is available only on Linux-based bootable media and only allows cloning basic MBR disks. For more information on creating Acronis Bootable media, see How to create a bootable media.
How to mirror apt-get installs.
Primary System
dpkg --get-selections > installed-software
scp installed-software $targetsystem:.
Target System
dpkg --set-selections < installed-software
dselect"
done.
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This guide should answer your direct question
But I would recomend Rsync and simply clone entire /root. Its only expensive the first time.
You can also create your own package repository and have all your machines run their daily updates from your repository.
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