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[FEATURE]: Option to set new UUIDs with --cli #1004

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kashieda opened this issue Feb 15, 2025 · 2 comments
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[FEATURE]: Option to set new UUIDs with --cli #1004

kashieda opened this issue Feb 15, 2025 · 2 comments
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When installing from a sd-card to nvme using the --cli option, the partitions on the nvme get the same UUIDs as on the sd-card.

This makes it hard to boot from the sd-card as a backup.

Describe the solution you would like to see implemented

Add an option to --make-new-UUID also for using in --cli mode

Describe alternatives you've considered

Set new UUIDs on the partitions after "cloning", but I can't seem to get the new UUIDs accepted with fdisk/gdisk.

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Why can't this space be empty?

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1.9.2 (Default)

@kashieda kashieda added the enhancement New feature or request label Feb 15, 2025
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Addition: using --cli and --version does not work together. Apparently. the developers seem to have decided that unnecessary graphics are more important than functionality.

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lurch commented Feb 15, 2025

The primary purpose of Raspberry Pi Imager is to write a fresh OS image onto an SD card, USB drive or NVMe drive. When a fresh install of Raspberry Pi OS boots up for the first time, it automatically generates new UUIDs.

For cloning an existing OS installation from SD to NVMe, you might be better served by the SD Card Copier program included in Raspberry Pi OS, as it has an option to create new UUIDs.

Addition: using --cli and --version does not work together.

See #961

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