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| it is possible to clone a running GnuLinux system onto another machine on the network, using netcat, dd and a simple pipe. this assumes the machine target has been booted from a rescue disk, or hdX other than the one to clone onto. | it is possible to clone a running GnuLinux system onto another machine on the network, using netcat, dd and a simple pipe. this assumes the machine target has been booted from a rescue disk, or hdX other than the one to clone onto. | ||
| - | < | + | - target# nc -lp 9999 | dd of=/dev/hda1 |
| - | target# nc -lp 9999 | dd of=/dev/hdb1 | + | |
| - | source# dd if=/dev/hdb1 | nc [target-ip] 9999 | + | |
| - | wait... | + | |
| - | </ | + | |
| NOTE: if the disks are not identical (or possibly just not the same size), fsck and grub-install might be needed to clean up the target drive. | NOTE: if the disks are not identical (or possibly just not the same size), fsck and grub-install might be needed to clean up the target drive. | ||
| (based on notes found at > http:// | (based on notes found at > http:// | ||
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