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move a ubuntu system into another drive
#image of /dev/sd5 in sd5.img
sudo dd if=/dev/sda5 of=/home/sda5.img
#install grub in sdb
grub-install /dev/sdb
update-grub
#make a disk bootable
sudo umount /dev/sdX
sudo dd if=/path/to/ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M && sync
#set a partition to boot
parted -s /dev/sda set 2 boot on
# increase virtual size of vbox machine
VBoxManage modifyhd --resize 25000 /Volumes/Transcend/VirtualBox\ VMs/Buildozer/Buildozer.vdi
# Know the distribution installed for linux
lsb_release -a
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