Cloning using Netboot

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The following steps will make use of Netboot to install Windows. If the computer is not able to Netboot, refer to:
https://ph.engr.unr.edu/w/ecc/cloning/cloning_live_disk/

1. Boot the machine. If machine does not automatically boot on the network, the boot order will need to be changed in BIOS. (Press F12 on a Dell system)
2. Select Onboard NIC(IPV4)
3. Select Debian Netboot
4. Login with ecc-admin.
5. Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
6. Get sudo privileges by typing:

$ sudo -i

7. Check list of drives connected to system:

$ lsblk

After choosing which drive to install on, run ONE of the scripts shown below depending on what the computer needs.

Clean image install (with no engineering software)

8a. Run clone_base_ng.sh

$ ./clone_base_ng.sh -d $DRIVE

ECC image install (with all engineering software)

8b. Run clone.sh

$ ./clone.sh -d $DRIVE

9. Wait until it reaches 100%

10. Once it reaches 100%, run sync to force-write all cached data to disk. This ensures that all data was properly written to disk.

$ sync

11. Reboot the machine