Crystalbuntu hardrive to harddrive install

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hi can anyone tell me how to copy crystalbuntu from one hard drive to another hard drive, thanks Phil.

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OpenElec MUST be running from a usb stick on the target ATV1 only.

  • ssh login to the Crystalbuntu / ATV1 that has the source HDD you wish to copy.

In Putty or OSX Terminal:
ssh atv@ip.address.of.sourceatv
password : atv

Then:
dd if=/dev/sda | ssh root@ip.address.target.atv “dd of=/dev/sda”
password: openelec

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hi i have tried to make the openelec usb img and have tried two different usb drives, i get the openelec sign on my tv then a message saying need terminal for interactive repairs, any help would be great, thanks Phil.

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Frustrating yes.
Are you unzipping the usb.gz image before writing to the usb stick ?

Maybe try Win32 Disk Imager to write the usb image after its unzipped.

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hi am using terminal on my macbook pro, and using wiki openelec to write the usb, thanks Phil.

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Download this handy utility then to write the image to usb:

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ok thanks will give it a try

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hi just dowloaded it i wouldn’t know where to start thanks anyway