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randomly boots into /sda1 or /sda2 despite choice in boot menu

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Horrace
2016-01-16
2016-02-07
  • Horrace

    Horrace - 2016-01-16

    Hello

    (admin please child this to my other post if appropriate)

    I am finding that I can not reliably boot into my cloned partition, despite the option to do so appearing in the boot menu.

    Sometimes I will boot into /dev/sda1 and sometimes /dev/sda2, seeminly independent of what I actually choose.

    To create the clone I followed the instructions in the FAQs "How can I restore an image of a partition to different partition, e.g. restore the image of /dev/sda5 to /dev/sda6?".

    I've also tried running a sudo update-grub, changed the UUID of the cloned disk via Gparted.

    Any advice on further troubleshooting this would be greatly appreciated, I am a long time fan of Clonezilla and found it to be reliable and easy to use, but I have never used it for what I am currently attempting to do.

    3q

    jerk

     

    Last edit: Horrace 2016-01-16
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2016-02-07

    How come...
    Did you clone disks, and now you have 2 identical partitions (same UUID)?
    If so, you should try to make them unique in your system.

    Steven.

     

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