On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:00:38 -0500, Marty wrote:
> For cloning root filesystem drives I use a small script that
> performs an rsync backup followed up by fixups to the /dev directory,
> /etc/fstab, and /etc/lilo.conf and then runs lilo -r to make the backup
> bootable. (A similar approach coul
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:00:38 -0500, Marty wrote:
> For cloning root filesystem drives I use a small script that
> performs an rsync backup followed up by fixups to the /dev directory,
> /etc/fstab, and /etc/lilo.conf and then runs lilo -r to make the backup
> bootable. (A similar approach coul
T wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to compile a comprehensive document on cloning root partitions.
My immediate goal is to clone my current working Linux to external USB HD,
so that I can use it wherever I go.
By comprehensive I mean it should not be as simple minded as
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/dev/sda2
o
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:08:14 -0300, Alejandro wrote:
> Suppose I have a production server with a /dev/sda disk and I mount a
> second disk /dev/sdb in order to clon sda to sdb (booting from a live
> cd). Sdb is the disk from a backup server (similar to the production
> server) I want to use whe
Digby Tarvin wrote:
I did this only yesterday - but in my case I wanted a mirror
image of the entire system, not just the root partition.
The simplest most bullet proof procedure I could come up with was:
1. dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda
2. vi /etc/fstab in the copy and 1,$s/hda/sda/
3. e
Digby Tarvin wrote:
I did this only yesterday - but in my case I wanted a mirror
image of the entire system, not just the root partition.
The simplest most bullet proof procedure I could come up with was:
1. dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda
2. vi /etc/fstab in the copy and 1,$s/hda/sda/
3. e
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 05:45:34PM +, T wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to compile a comprehensive document on cloning root partitions.
> My immediate goal is to clone my current working Linux to external USB HD,
> so that I can use it wherever I go.
>
You want something like systemimager.
Rega
T wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to compile a comprehensive document on cloning root partitions.
My immediate goal is to clone my current working Linux to external USB HD,
so that I can use it wherever I go.
By comprehensive I mean it should not be as simple minded as
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/dev/sda2
o
I did this only yesterday - but in my case I wanted a mirror
image of the entire system, not just the root partition.
The simplest most bullet proof procedure I could come up with was:
1. dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda
2. vi /etc/fstab in the copy and 1,$s/hda/sda/
3. either
a.
Hi,
I'm trying to compile a comprehensive document on cloning root partitions.
My immediate goal is to clone my current working Linux to external USB HD,
so that I can use it wherever I go.
By comprehensive I mean it should not be as simple minded as
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/dev/sda2
or
cp -a
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