On 2017-01-25 01:40, george from the tribe wrote:
On my new work desktop, I have dual boot with Windows 7 and openSUSE 42.2. It works great.
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My main concern is the windows partition. I don't normally use windows, but every once in a while, like once every couple of weeks, I will probably have to boot into windows for something.
If I use clonezilla, doesn't it also clone the UUID of the drive and partitions?
Yes, I think so.
If so, how will that effect my ability to boot from windows? I have heard that windows does some funny things with verifying the UUID of drives when it boots. I want to keep this drive plugged in regularly so that when I feel like it I can just back things up.
Not only the partition uuid, but the "Disk identifier". You can see it and set it up with fdisk. They have to be the same or Windows will cry "Pirates!" The problem is that both disks being connected and both having the same uuids and labels is also a problem for Linux when mounting the partitions, because it will confuse them. The only way to work is to change the uuids (and labels if they exist) on the second disk, and then also to change the references in fstab and grub. You could simply remove the first disk temporarily, try to boot the second disk, and correct the problems as they arise. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)