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I am trying to image 75 acer aspire's for the school I work for with Ubuntu 14.04 - it needed a couple extras like chrome and our wireless configuration for example.

I created a live boot using systemback and can boot into the image on another laptop but only from the flash drive. I obviously can't leave a flash drive in 75 laptops for third graders :) . I can't find the installer as someone had pointed out on another forum I investigated.

How do I install the iso image onto the hard drives of the other laptops?

Naomi
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  • So, what's the problem? You have a live USB already created now, boot into it (you may have to change the boot order in BIOS) and when the options comes, select install Ubuntu and follow the on-screen instructions. – Ron Jul 09 '15 at 13:04
  • Thats the issue, it never gives me the option to install it. It literally just starts up into my desktop on Ubuntu. I don't have the "try or install" option.

    Is there a way to force it to install from the terminal?

     – Naomi Jul 09 '15 at 13:39
  • Can't you see an 'install Ubuntu' icon on the desktop? – Ron Jul 09 '15 at 13:52
  • Nope, there is nothing on the desktop.

    I boot to USB, The Systemback Live screen appears, I select "Boot Live System", goes right to purple Ubuntu loading screen, log in screen, blank desktop.

    It nevers gives the option to install like it would with a fresh iso. But I had read that it is supposed to leave an install icon on the desktop, although it does not - I assume because this is an exact image of the original laptop.

    So that is where I am confused. I assumed there would be a way in the terminal, but can't find it anywhere. Is there an issue with my image/bootable?

     – Naomi Jul 09 '15 at 14:03
  • It doesn't give me the option to start systemback from the live usb....I have a live usb of systemback though, should I put them both in and boot from the usb with systemback? and try to do it that way?

    When I boot into Ubuntu the systemback program is there, but all it lets me do is view the partitions. I can't find an option to write to one or install or anything like that

     – Naomi Jul 09 '15 at 14:32
  • what I meant was boot from systemback live usb which contains image of your os and see if you can access start systemback application from it. – Ron Jul 09 '15 at 14:48

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My suggestion is that:

Download Clonezilla live, select the following CPU architecture and file type.

Clonezilla site download

Install Tuxboot to copy Clonezilla to a USB stick.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:thomas.tsai/ubuntu-tuxboot
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tuxboot

Once you get Tuxboot installed, use it to create your live bootable Clonezilla USB stick.

First create a FAT32 partition of at least 400 megabytes.

Then run Tuxboot, check Pre-downloaded and click the button with the ellipsis to select your Clonezilla file.

Boot up your Clonezilla USB stick on the computer that you want to backup, at the Start Clonezilla menu select Start Clonezilla.

In the next menu select device_image, then go to the next screen.

This is where you select the location for your backup image to be copied to.

An attached USB hard drive is a nice fast and easy option.

In the next screen you can choose savedisk, which creates an image of an entire hard disk, or save_parts.

After making your selections, the next screen gives you the option to do a filesystem check and repair.

Restoring your image is similar to creating it.

Again, boot up Clonezilla, go through the same initial steps, select dev_image, and then on the local_dev screen select the location of your image that you want to restore, whether it's on a local device or network share.

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kyodake
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