Install to internal HDD from USB drive

[justme2]

I have LL3.6 fully installed (not LL live) on a USB drive. In the 'All' section of the Whisker menu is an entry for 'Install Release' (Install this system permanently to your hard disk).

My question is, can I use this option to install the working system from USB drive to internal hard disk, thus avoiding having to reinstall all my extra apps and settings?

If not can I make a ISO backup with Systemback from the USB drive and then install the backup to my internal HDD, which would need to be dual boot with Windows 10? I want to avoid a new clean install to the internal HDD.

As a last resort, would copying the USB drive to a pre-formatted partition on the HDD, using dd command work? I guess grub would then be a problem.

TIA

[TheDead]

I'm pretty sure the Install command only installs the full LinuxLite "Core".
Only a few distro have seem could use the "live" apps/config and transfer those to the install.

I don't know about DD, but you could try Clonezilla to clone the partition to another disk's partition.
You still have to play around with the boot menu / grub though.

Cheers!

[iwar]

I think dd is a god way to go
https://www.computerhope.com/unix/dd.htm

[justme2]

Thanks TheDead and Iwar for your responses - I will try dd which is not new to me, but I always seem to have grub problems! However I shall wait now till 3.8 upgrade is released, which I hope will repair the update problem still unresolved on my PCs. (No zenity update window showing but update does complete).

[Moltke]

Hi [member=296]justme2[/member]

You might want to read here too: https://askubuntu.com/questions/719311/i...hard-drive

[justme2]

Moltke, thank you, I will study that info. My sd card has LL3.6 fully installed rather than being a persistent live install, but I will see what I learn.

One application I (and many others too I assume), would really appreciate would be some way to automatically record all installed applications and automatically re-install them after upgrading (say to LL4.0)
I find that the most frustrating thing about linux, restoring the status quo when a new version is released. Unfortunately my knowledge of scripting is rudimentary otherwise I would attempt it myself. Age is against me too! 

Note to self: add above to LL wishlist?

[Moltke]

One application I (and many others too I assume), would really appreciate would be some way to automatically record all installed applications and automatically re-install them after upgrading

  Well, a couple of months ago I reinstalled LL after having broken it up  : I used Aptik to reinstall all of the apps except those ones I'd installed via a .deb file. I really like aptik; very easy to use and really lighweight  http://www.teejeetech.in/p/aptik.html

Also, systemback has the option to create an .iso image from your current install so that might just be what you're asking for. Haven't tried myself though but the option's there.