Those sound like good solutions for what the original poster was after. An a slightly different but similar note Anyone got any ideas about making a disk image suitable for then putting onto new machines, a bit like norton Ghost, I thining of OEM linux or corprate situations here where you might have a lot of machines and dont want to install the same software on each.
Rob On Wednesday 20 February 2002 17:01, you wrote: > dd can be done or you can use cpio > > > There are however mirroring utilities for linux that you can download and > install. These utilities do a mirror and keep the mirror's synced until you > break the mirror. > > Here is a link to the howto to do a software raid, which is a little more > reliable then dd or cpio when it comes it mirroring: > > http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html > > > Albert Smith > Unix Administrator > Quest Diagnostics Inc. > Work: 610-454-4320 > Pager: 800-946-4646 pin 1723803 > Mobile: 215-498-6829 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1201 S. Collegeville Rd. > Collegeville, PA 19426 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Belkie, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:50 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [expert] Mirror / backup > > > Hi guys, > > Can anyone suggest a simple way to mirror or make a exact copy of a current > Linux drive? > > For example if you had two hard drives, make one a backup them remove it > and put it in a safe place. > > Can this be done with the dd command? > > ============================= > Dan Belkie > Forzani Group LTD > System Architect > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 403.717.1400 ext 1642 > Mobile: 403.605.6354 > http://www.sportchek.ca > ============================= > "Parts that don't exist can't break."
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