OpenSuperClone

This is a fork of the HDDSuperClone source code (http://www.hddsuperclone.com/) released under the GPL2 by Scott Dwyer.

OpenSuperClone/HDDSuperClone is a powerful disk cloning utility for Linux akin to ddrescue with many advanced features.

Changes (since version 2.3.3_20220430 of HDDSuperClone)

• Cleanup of project files
• Implemented CMake as build system
• Removal of licensing related functions
• Switched from GTK2 to GTK3
• Updated kernel driver to work on 5.15

Planned Changes

• Refactoring of codebase (get rid of -fcommon flag)
• Implement DKMS for driver (un-)installation
• Remove requirement for running as root
• Get completely rid of GTK2 code
• Configuration files and presets for settings

Known Issues

• OSCViewer is extremely buggy in GTK3 and missing functionality from its GTK2 counterpart, it is recommended to build it with GTK2 for the time being

Compiling and Running Locally

# Install required packages for building
./install-build-requirements.sh

# Build OpenSuperClone and OSCViewer for Release and install to ./release
./build.sh

# Install dependencies for running
./install-dependencies-deb.sh

# Run OpenSuperClone
sudo ./release/bin/opensuperclone

# Run OSCViewer
./release/bin/osscviewer

Installing Globally

Installation will build OpenSuperClone for Release and install binaries, scripts, and translation files to /usr/local. Installation of the build requirements is necessary.

# Build OpenSuperClone and OSCViewer for Release and install to /usr/local
# (installation prefix can be changed by editing install.sh)
./install.sh

# Run OpenSuperClone
sudo opensuperclone

# Run OSCViewer
oscviewer