On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 17:42, Croy, Nathan wrote: > > From: Sarunas Burdulis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:31 AM > > > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom > > configuration and > > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set of > > absolutely identical hardware (Intel Pentium 4, IDE HD). Just > > one clone, > > not a massive install. What tools would you use? Easiest/quickest? > > Machines are on an Ethernet, have CD/DVD and floppy drives. > > There have been many great suggestions already.
I successfully cloned a hard disc on a dual-boot win98/NT/Debian box using: Debian Packages --------------- util-linux (provides sfdisk) gcc make (needed to complile pcopy) Source package -------------- pcopy - faster than dd - (from ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/unix/pcopy) Brief method ------------ Compile and install pcopy Clean up existing systems -scandisk on MS Windows systems, fsck on unmounted Linux partitions. You might want to go to single-user /sbin/telinit 1 Stop network /etc/init.d/networking stop Copy partition table from old hda to new hdb sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk /dev/hdb copy the partitions eg: pcopy -d /dev/hda3 /dev/hdb3 Chris. -- Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
