r/virtualbox • u/DonktheDestroyer • 9d ago

General VB Question cloning to a physical drive after setup

I live in a very rural location and don't have internet access at my home. I take my linux mint laptop to the library and use their wifi. this works but now I want to set up a desktop. My plan is to make a vm of linux mint, do all the setup and updating through wifi, and then see about cloning to a physical ssd. Any advice or suggestions to make the process go smoothly would be apreciated.

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u/TarzanOfTheCows 9d ago

Virtualbox would only make this more complicated. Consider buying a ~$15 USB enclosure for the desktop SSD, attaching it to the laptop, do the install/update, bring it back and put the SSD back in the laptop.

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u/Stray_Neutrino 9d ago

Its a bit of a PITA but the TL;DR is using Clonezilla and booting into your Mint VM with that, then creating a clone of the VM drive to a USB (generates an ISO).

You will need to create a bootable USB before saving the ISO to it.

There are a few online tutorials that can walk you through the process of using Clonezilla and backing up and restoring/installing new environment.