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Mika on Nostr: Is there a GUI app on #Linux I could use to clone a disk (i.e. SD card) to image? I ...

Is there a GUI app on #Linux I could use to clone a disk (i.e. SD card) to image? I know there's `dd` but that isn't GUI. I normally use and prefer #KDE's Partition Manager which I could use to just copy over each partition from a disk to another, but copying the disk as an image would be far more portable - I know on #Windows people use Win32 Disk Imager, while on #macOS I think you could just use the built-in Disk Utility.

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Update: WAIT - I think you could actually do this on KDE Partition Manager! Just mount the disk, right click the partition, click **Backup**, set an output path, and apply.

There's also an option to **Restore** a partition on the app, which I assume is when you then supply the image you had just backed up. I'm testing this right now, but I'm hopeful!

Update 2: It worked perfectly. I backed up the partition as an image (not sure if you could do so for multiple partitions in one image), and restored it on another empty SD card.

I tested it on an #OnionOS install for my #MiyooMini. After the restoration was done, put in my new (target) SD card, and the device literally booted right into the game I had paused right at the time when I removed the (source) SD card. KDE Partition Manager ftw.