Thanks, I’ll try that, but how to I add that script when using clonezilla? When trying something in the past like that in the terminal it didn’t do anything and said it didn’t recognize this commands for some reason.
Am I supposed to start Clonezilla in a different mode?
Also, /path/to/image/dir is the partition correct? And do I have to specify which sda?
I want to make it size agnostic, because I don’t remember what size his hard drive is (and he definitely doesn’t have the ability to check), but I have the distro installed as a partition.
The issue I had with clonezilla is that it only works on the original hard drive.
When testing it on a second machine it had errors because it was trying to install to the exact same blocks as the original hard drive, and wouldn’t install.
Unless the bashscript can somehow ignore that?
I tried following the guide I found on their site too, which mentioned going into advance mode and checking off something to “check blocks” or such so it could be installed on any device, but couldn’t find such an option when I did it. I don’t know if that’s limited to a specific version of clonezilla
Edited to make clearer - I’m not using an image that’s over 10 years, that’s what he has installed on his PC. It can’t be updated anymore, and even Firefox on it is getting deprecated soon.
I want to send him a USB with a customized version of Mint 22.1
He did literally say it’s not meant for consumer use, it’s just his build for himself that you’re free to use
He forgot how to use email. Once on the phone, after he finally figured out how to see my video call (he couldn’t figure out how to start his) I walked him through step by step on trying to just get rust desk - which is in the Ubuntu repository already - installed, and failed at that.
Not only to him, but to a lot of elderly people, software is essentially magic. They don’t even quite understand the concept of “installing”. It took me awhile of explaining, with pictures and such, that a Google search isn’t run by people bringing up the information you’re looking for.
That’s why I’ve already typed and printed detailed step by step instructions on just the installation process for the OS, so that he can follow that. He does a lot better with physical mediums, like paper, USB, and so on. He even managed to install an SSD (with my direct in person supervision) and kind of understand what that was.
But software? Magic essentially.
This might be exactly what I need. I will definitely be trying it first thing tomorrow
I’m in another country, how would I install it while also updating his OS?
Shipping him a hard drive with the system is something I might consider too, since that night actually be easier for him to install with instructions then anything software. I remember that computer had a SATA SSD