Re: Cloning a debian system

2003-07-15 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:07:00AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new > machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move > the primary hard drive over, what's the best way to get the package list > straight?

Re: Cloning a debian system

2003-07-14 Thread Wolfgang Fischer
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:40:15 +0200, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 15:07, Andrew Perrin wrote: >> My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new >> machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move >> the primary hard drive over, what

Re: Cloning a debian system

2003-07-14 Thread Marino Fernandez
> > dpkg --get-selections >> packages > > > > and on the new machine > > > > cat packages | dpkg --set-selections > > Hooray for the useless invocation of cat! =) Why not this one? > > dpkg --get-selections | cat > packages? > > Personally, I like this: > > dpkg --get-selections | ssh new-machine

Re: Cloning a debian system

2003-07-14 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Shri Shrikumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030714 07:36]: > On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 15:07, Andrew Perrin wrote: > > My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new > > machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move > > the primary hard drive over, what's

Re: Cloning a debian system

2003-07-14 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 15:07, Andrew Perrin wrote: > My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new > machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move > the primary hard drive over, what's the best way to get the package list > straight? Should I bac

Cloning a debian system

2003-07-14 Thread Andrew Perrin
My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move the primary hard drive over, what's the best way to get the package list straight? Should I back up all of /etc, do a basic net install, then do an apt-g

Re: "Cloning" a Debian system

2000-09-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 03:43:08PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 01:50:30PM +0100, Etienne Grossmann wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > is there any way to install on a Debian system the same packages > > that are found on another Debian system? The machin

Re: "Cloning" a Debian system

2000-09-07 Thread Krzys Majewski
Go to www.debian.org and click on the Search link. It does work, sometimes.. -chris On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Etienne Grossmann wrote: > Hello, > > > Something like apt-get selections... -chris > > thanks for the hint. I would have started by the mail archives, > but I didn't find out how to sear

Re: "Cloning" a Debian system

2000-09-07 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello, > Something like apt-get selections... -chris thanks for the hint. I would have started by the mail archives, but I didn't find out how to search them... Cheers, Etienne

Re: "Cloning" a Debian system

2000-09-07 Thread Krzys Majewski
Yes, there is. I don't remember the incantation but if you search through the archives on www.debian.org you'll be sure to find some posts about it. Something like apt-get selections... -chris On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Etienne Grossmann wrote: > > > Hello, > > is there any way to install on a

Re: "Cloning" a Debian system

2000-09-07 Thread Juli-Manel Merino Vidal
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 01:50:30PM +0100, Etienne Grossmann wrote: > > > Hello, > > is there any way to install on a Debian system the same packages > that are found on another Debian system? The machines are not strictly > equal. Yes, you can. Do in the "primary" machine: dpkg --get-sele

"Cloning" a Debian system

2000-09-07 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello, is there any way to install on a Debian system the same packages that are found on another Debian system? The machines are not strictly equal. Tia, Etienne

Re: Cloning a Debian system

1998-01-14 Thread Gregory Guthrie
>» I have setup a small Debian Linux system as a router, is there an easy way >» to "clone" this? I.e. to create copies of it on similar machines. We need >» them in pairs for WAN links between segments (EN-PPP-EN). >» >» E.g. a small boot to an LRP* or recovery disk, and a tftp, or, ? >» >»

Re: Cloning a Debian system

1998-01-14 Thread Udjat -Capt'n Squibb
Here is a quick way I do it. lets say you put in a spare hard drive at /dev/hdc make the filesystems you want on /dev/hdc (at least on for the / partition) and leave room for the swap partition. now mount your filesystems together off of say /mnt now 'find / -xdev -print | cpio -p -admuV /mnt'

Re: Cloning a Debian system

1998-01-14 Thread Will Lowe
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > I have setup a small Debian Linux system as a router, is there an easy way > to "clone" this? I.e. to create copies of it on similar machines. Ee need > them in pairs for WAN links between segments (EN-PPP-EN). If you have all the packages installed o

Cloning a Debian system

1998-01-14 Thread Gregory Guthrie
I have setup a small Debian Linux system as a router, is there an easy way to "clone" this? I.e. to create copies of it on similar machines. Ee need them in pairs for WAN links between segments (EN-PPP-EN). E.g. a small boot to an LRP* or recovery disk, and a tftp, or, ? Now we have to take d