Re: [Hampshire] System restore

2009-03-12 Thread Damian Brasher
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: Although I did not specify in the email. The only options available to me are either CD/DVD or Backup tape. Note, Across the network is not included in that list. Yes I see that:) I'm trying to offer a simpler alternative - generally you can transfer 30-40GiB in

Re: [Hampshire] System restore

2009-03-10 Thread Damian Brasher
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: If I have an installed system that I wish to duplicate and install on a dozen other machines. What Linux tools are there for this. The system to be copied is a Suse 9 and Suse 10 install using ext3 partitions. I would like to do the install from either CD/DVD or

Re: [Hampshire] System restore

2009-03-10 Thread Damian Brasher
Damian Brasher wrote: ]#nc -l -p 9000 | dd of=/dev/sd$ (replace /dev/sd$ with the drive on your machine, i.e. sda) You may not need to use the -p switch, i.e. ]#nc -l 9000|dd of=img -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be

Re: [Hampshire] System restore

2009-03-10 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
2009/3/10 Damian Brasher l...@interlinux.co.uk: Damian Brasher wrote: ]#nc -l -p 9000 | dd of=/dev/sd$ (replace /dev/sd$ with the drive on your machine, i.e. sda) You may not need to use the -p switch, i.e. ]#nc -l 9000|dd of=img Although I did not specify in the email. The only options