On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 08:24:53AM -0400, Lull, Rick wrote:
> 
> I'd think it was possible to use dd to copy the file that contains the UML
> root_fs to a physical hard drive, but you would need to have physical access
> to the machine at the ISP, which is probably not a possibility. Maybe have
> them burn a DVD of it?

Use tar if it's going to a physical disk.  In this case, you'll need
to fix device names in fstab, inittab, and securetty, and make sure
that grub/lilo are set up correctly.

If it's going to another UML host, then just copy the filesystem image
(and COW image, if applicable) over.

                                Jeff


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