Clone a System using Clonezilla

For me Cloning is another term for copying. Cloning is performing a mass copy paste operation but not just normal files like movies and documents. You want to clone an operating system in multiple blank hard disks, what will you do? Will you insert the bootable CS/USB everytime in all of those machines and install them on and on taking a week? I suggest you not to, because I've an alternative which can perform that task. And that is "CLONEZILLA"

Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program which helps us to install or creating a working system via system deployment. We can also perform system recovery tasks with Clonezilla. We can download the iso from its official website.

There are two types of Clonezilla which can choose based upon our need and they are: Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (server edition).

• Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore.
• Clonezilla SE is for massive deployment, it can clone many (40 plus!) computers simultaneously.

Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the hard disk. This increases the clone efficiency. With some high-end hardware in a 42-node cluster, a multicast restoring at rate 8 GB/min was reported.

Today I will be demonstrating the Clonig Operation on my blog:

Here are few things which you will need prior to begin Cloning.

• Clonezilla iso
•  Bootable Pendrive(conezilla bootable)
• A source hard drive for clonning
• A destination hard drive to clone.

1. Download Clonezilla iso file and make a bootable pendrive and boot from it.

2. It will show the boot menu as in the Image 1 below.

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3. Choose the Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 800x600) option and press enter.

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4. Choose your preferred Language 

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5. Now Choose Don’t touch Keymap option as in Image 3.

6. Choose Start_Clonezilla Start Clonezilla option and press enter as in Image 4 below.

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7. Choose device-device option and press enter as in Image 5 below.

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8. Choose Beginner Beginner mode: Accept the default options option and press enter as in the Image 6 below.

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9. Choose disk_to_local_disk local_disk_to_local_disk_clone option and press enter as in the Image 7 below.

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10. Be careful in this step, this is the crucial part. Now you have to choose the Hard Disk from which data is to be transferred. So, check the Serial Number of Hard disk from which data is to be transferred (known as SOURCE) and accordingly choose the option with that serial number and press enter. Double Check the serial number of hard disk because it can cause the reverse process which we wouldn’t want.

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11. Now in this step, it will show only one option which is the hard disk where the data will be copied (Known as Destination). That is in this hard disk we’ll clone our updated data or contents. Be sure and double check if it is the disk where we want to clone our updated hard disk. To be sure Check the serial number of the hard disk.

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12. Choose Skip checking/repairing source file system option and press enter as in Image 10 below.

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13. Press ENTER to proceed as in Image 11 below.

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14. Type Y and press ENTER for confirmation as in the Image 12 below.

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15. Again for confirmation type Y and press ENTER as in the Image 13 below.

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16. Now the partition table will be created on the destination disk. You don’t have to do anything in this step just for info, screen like Image 14 will be appeared.

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17. Now it will ask for confirmation for cloning boot loader to target or destination disk so basically, type Y and press ENTER as in Image 15 below.

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18. Now the cloning will start and let it be, the screen will look as in Image 16 below.

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19. After complete cloning, it will ask to continue so press ENTER. The screen is as in Image 17 below.

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20. Now Power off the system. And the cloning is completed.

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National Conference on ICT Integrated Pedagogy for Effective and Meaningful Learning Held in Nepal

National Conference on ICT Integrated Pedagogy for Effective and Meaningful Learning was held today at Lumbini Banquet, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu. Event was organized by UNESCO Resource Distribution and Training Centre (RTDC) and Kathmandu University School of Education (HUSoED) In Collaboration With Ministry of Education(MoE) Open and Distance Education Centre (ODEC) Tribhuvan University.

The Conference started with welcome remarks from rof. Dr. Mahesh Nath Parajuli, Dean KUSOED. Dr. Hari Lamsal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education(MoE) gave his Keynote Speech on ICT in Education: Policy, Implementation and Challenges. Like wise Dr. Bal Chandra Luitel, Associate Dean, KUSOED gave Keynote Speech on ICT Integrated Pedagogy: Principles and Practices. Mr. Sagun Dhungana, Technology Integration Coach, Google Certified Educator gave a presentation on Educational Apps in Pedagogical workflow.

The one day Conference continued with parallel sessions like Oral Presentations and workshops on various ICT related topics. Many researchers presented their case studies and proposals on ideas of improving ICT standards.

Eight valuable publications on ICT Policies and Standards were presented today on the National Conference o nICT Integrated Pedagogy for Effective and Meaningful Learning.

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Please email us and let us know if you are hosting any IT related event. We would love to cover your event in our blog.

3 Basic Things to do After Installing WordPress

Now that you’ve successfully installed WordPress site and its up and running, now you can login to your WordPress site’s dashboard. Read this post to know how to visit WordPress login page of your site. After you’re logged in, there are many options to play with. This is the main backend section of your site. Everything you see on the front-end, the menus, header, sidebar footer, widgets, design, etc everything can be manipulated from here.

Once you’re familiar with the WordPress dashboard, you can easily customize your WordPress site as per your requirements. You can either turn it into a blog, company or personal site, or even a social network.

But beginners might get to get started, so here are 3 basic things which a WP user can do after fresh installation of their WordPress site.

1. CHANGING WORDPRESS THEME

For starters, changing their WordPress site theme can be a confusing task. So, here a quick guide for WordPress beginners which shows how easy they can change WordPress theme on their website.

Installing Wordpress Theme on Your Website

• Log in to your WordPress Dashboard
• Visit Appearance Menu > Themes
• Now click Add New Button
• In WordPress repository themes are subdivided under three categories: Featured, Popular, Latest. You may search for the theme of your choice. Hover over any theme’s thumbnail to Preview the theme and once you come across a theme you like, click Install button.
• If WordPress asks for your FTP credentials, Add your HostName, FTP username and Password and Click the Proceed button.

WordPress will now install the theme and you can click Activate to use the theme for your website.

Installing Themes Downloaded From outside WordPress Theme Repository

Some may want to install themes downloaded from outside the WordPress theme repository. To do so,

• Make sure you’re logged into your WordPress Dashboard
• Visit Appearance Menu > Themes
• Click Add New to go to Add Themes page
• Now click on Upload Theme Button
• In the next page, you can upload the theme which you downloaded
• If asked, Add your HostName, FTP username and Password and click the Proceed button

Now the theme will be listed in Themes section, now click Activate to use the particular theme for your website

2. ADDING A USER

WordPress provides you to add users with different kinds of roles: Super Admin, Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor and Subscriber. Each roles have different actions which permits each users to perform various tasks.

Adding a User to Your WordPress Site

• Login to  your WordPress Dashboard
• Go to Users > Add New
• Enter Username (used for logging in), Email, Name and other details. If you want to manually set a password for that user, click on generate password. WordPress will automatically generate a strong password, or you can enter the password manually in the password field.
• Carefully select the role, which you’d want to assign to that user
• Click on Add New Use

Now the new user can have access to your WordPress site with the role which you’ve assigned.

Note: If you do not generate password while adding the user, the user gets a link in their email, which lets them set their own password.

3. ADDING MENUS

WordPress provides its users an easy and user-friendly interface to quickly manage menus in their site. Menus are one of the must have elements for easy navigation. WordPress users can add various items like categories, tags, pages & custom links to their menu.

Adding Menus to Your WordPress Site

• Login to WordPress Dashboard
• Go to Appearance > Menus
• Click on Create Menu
• Add Name to your Menu and click on Create Menu
• Select items (categories, tags, pages, custom links) you want to add in your Menu and Click Add to Menu
• Select the theme location option where you want to place the Menu
• Drag items to arrange their position (order them in the way you want them to appear)
• Click Save Menu

WordPress automatically places the menu which you’ve just created to the location where you wanted it to appear.

How to Prevent Others From Embedding Your YouTube Video

When you upload a video on YouTube, the video will be by-default publicly published and also other can embed that video on their websites/blogs, until you manually play with the video settings. But some users might want their video to be public (able to be searched on YouTube), but do not want other people to embed their video on external sites.

Well, here’s a quick guide that shows how you can prevent others from embedding your YouTube video.

PREVENTING OTHERS FROM EMBEDDING YOUR YOUTUBE VIDEO

• Login to your YouTube account
• Visit Videos Manager after you’re logged in
• Now find the video which you do not want others to embed, and click on edit option
• Go to Advanced Settings
• Uncheck Allow Embedding option, below Distribution options heading
• Finally click on the blue Save Changes button

Now on other people won’t be able to embed your that specific video on their Websites and blogs.