![]() The computers are available over the LAN, and I'm connecting to both of them remotely over SSH via a terminal with no graphical interface. I have booted both computers via the CD-ROM drive to bring up System Rescue CD 5.0.3, and I'm considering my options to get the failing drive cloned as best as possible. To get around this, I have a second computer with the same single PATA connector on the motherboard, in which I've attached another CD-ROM drive for booting and the destination hard drive. I'm also dealing with older PATA drives-no available SATA drives-and the computer has one PATA connector on the motherboard, into which a PATA ribbon cable is attached with the CD-ROM drive for booting and the near-failing hard drive, so there is no room to attach any second PATA drive in order for a local transfer. ![]() If I recall, I went through the options when installing Debian to set it up as an encrypted drive, so I believe /dev/sda shows up as an unencrypted boot partition and the rest is encrypted, and then in that "rest", I have a small 10 GB root partition inside the encrypted area and the remainder is unused currently. ![]() The drive does not have much on it-probably under 10 GB of used space, with very little data, so I'm not too concerned with time because I'm not expecting this to take an extraordinary amount of time. I do have backups and I can reinstall the OS on a new drive as well however, my first preference at the moment would be to clone the drive, and I currently have no other option than using System Rescue CD 5.0.3 from a bootable CD. I have a hard drive running Debian that looks like it's failing according to its SMART data. I would like to know what would be the best way to proceed with cloning my hard drive to the point that I can simply insert the cloned drive into my PC and seamlessly boot from it as I currently do with the existing drive.
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