> 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. Here are two more: 1. I have used mkCDRec (http://mkcdrec.ota.be). I unpack the tarball; cd mkcdrec; make test; make and answer a couple of prompts, then wait a while (long while). You might want to change the Config.sh, specifically SCSIDEVICE, nad BURNCDR. I think the image winds up in /home for some reason. Overall, it's not a perfect solution, but works well for me. 2. Also, I recently booted a new box (it has no CD, so I installed a minimal system on a small partition using woody boot floppies) by copying over the network. I booted the system, partitioned, like the other system, copied the filesystems over the network, and installed the bootloader. To copy I used something similar to: ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'tar -C / -clf - .' | tar -C /mnt/root -xvf - The -l option to tar tells it to only copy files on the given parition. The /mnt/root is the partiton on the local system where you want the file to go. The syntax may be slightly off, I didn't write it down when I did it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]