====== GPT_disk_cloning ====== When cloning GPT disk just partly dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb and the target disk is smaller then there is no partition table at the end. To repair such disk it is necessary to run gdisk /dev/sdb v x e w Means in gdisk we run verify then switch to extended and repair table and finally write changes to the disk. x f w Means expert mode , randomize disk and partition unique GUIDs , write to disk sgdisk -R /dev/sdb /dev/sda sgdisk -G /dev/sdb