Qubes OS and clonezilla

[didier....@gmail.com]

Hi,

Has anyone had any luck with cloning a crypted Qubes installation using Clonezilla?

Even using DD the clone just won't boot

Thanks

[awokd]

didier....@gmail.com:

Should work if you are using legacy BIOS boot on both source &
destination. UEFI boot might need a command on the destination system to
add the new boot source, something like efibootmgr.

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[didier....@gmail.com]

Hi,

I'm using EFI and a NVME SSD.

Here is a screenshot of the error

[awokd]

didier....@gmail.com:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using EFI and a NVME SSD.
>
> Here is a screenshot of the error
>
> [image: IMG_20200618_164119.jpg]
>
>
>
>
> Le mercredi 17 juin 2020 23:22:49 UTC+2, awokd a écrit :
>>

>> didier....@gmail.com <javascript:>:

>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Has anyone had any luck with cloning a crypted Qubes installation using
>>> Clonezilla?
>>>
>>> Even using DD the clone just won't boot
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>> Should work if you are using legacy BIOS boot on both source &
>> destination. UEFI boot might need a command on the destination system to
>> add the new boot source, something like efibootmgr.
>>
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>> - don't top post
>> Mailing list etiquette:
>> - trim quoted reply to only relevant portions
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>>
>
> Le mercredi 17 juin 2020 23:22:49 UTC+2, awokd a écrit :
>>

>> didier....@gmail.com <javascript:>:

>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Has anyone had any luck with cloning a crypted Qubes installation using
>>> Clonezilla?
>>>
>>> Even using DD the clone just won't boot
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>> Should work if you are using legacy BIOS boot on both source &
>> destination. UEFI boot might need a command on the destination system to
>> add the new boot source, something like efibootmgr.
>>

That's interesting, if you're getting that far in the boot process it
seems like the rest is right. Maybe try to put NVME in SATA
compatibility mode, if it lets you.

[Matt Drez]

> > > > Hi,
> > > > Has anyone had any luck with cloning a crypted Qubes installation using
> > > > Clonezilla?
> > > > Even using DD the clone just won't boot
> > > > Thanks

I had no problem cloning an encrypted Qubes (nvme to nvme). I used the advanced mode.Make sure you chose disk to disk. That's maybe the 2nd questions it asks.

[didier....@gmail.com]

I cannot put NVME in SATA mode, nor can I clone disk to disk as I have to go through an intermediate image. I tried a LOT of clonezilla options and I was already familiar with clonezilla so I don't think any option can help me here.

Anyway I ended up setting up a PXE server and deploying Qubes from there, along with a kickstart file and configuration scripts.

Thanks