Troubleshooting • Re: RPI-Clone & Bookworm

Hello and good day!
I'm new to Raspberry Pi5 and looking to setup automated backups.

Suggestion appreciated and I tried rpi-clone backup using link: "Try this fork of rpi-clone: https://github.com/geerlingguy/rpi-clone"
(sdb is destination SD card in USB reader)
Everything appears to work, lots of files scrolling across screen, and able to view edited/mounted at /boot/firmware as noted at this step:
... "Cloned partitions are mounted on /mnt/clone for inspection or customizing.
Hit Enter when ready to unmount the /dev/sda partitions ..."

Prior to pressing enter key:
1. I'm able to view "/mnt/clone/boot/firmware" contains many files including modified "cmdline.txt" required to boot cloned SD card

However and after pressing the enter key:
"...Hit Enter when ready to unmount the /dev/sdb partitions ...
unmounting /mnt/clone/boot/firmware
unmounting /mnt/clone ..."

1. The destination SD card in USB reader unmounts (normal)
2. Manual mount accomplished and "/mnt/clone/boot/firmware" is empty and SD card will not boot

Sorry for newbie questions but looks like:
1. cloned files are written to "/mnt/clone/boot/firmware" and "/mnt/clone"
2. Not written to "/boot/firmware" (bootfs) and "/" (rootfs)

Did I miss a configuration step? What's required to ensure rpi-clone completes copies for successful boot from cloned SD card in USB reader?

Thanks,
Danny

Statistics: Posted by deveals — Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:36 pm

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