Re: Cloning a Debian system

[Gregory Guthrie <guthrie@mum.edu>]

>» I have setup a small Debian Linux system as a router, is there an easy way
>» to "clone" this? I.e. to create copies of it on similar machines. We need
>» them in pairs for WAN links between segments (EN-PPP-EN).
>» 
>» E.g. a small boot to an LRP* or recovery disk, and a tftp, or, ....?
>» 
>» Now we have to take disks to a system with a CDROM, or move a CDROM around,
>» etc.. ich!
-- I should have been more explicit;
  The target systems are small 486's with nothing but a NIC Ethernet card,
floppy, and small Hard-disk. 

  I got lots of replies about dd/backup/tar .. etc, but the point here is I
want to do it over the network. Floppys are too small, and there is no
other transportable media on the target.

I was thinking of something like a boot/recovery disk to tftp the whole
thing, or a boot disk with NFS, or with (rsh source "tar cvf / -" | tar xvf
-), or...

I can play with it, but thought someone might already have a proven
solution.
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Dr. Gregory Guthrie
guthrie@mum.edu         (515)472-1125    Fax: -1103
       Computer Science Department
       College of Science and Technology
       Maharishi University of Management
      (Maharishi International University 1971-1995)
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