To those who pointed out that my question had already been answered, thanks for pointing it out. I feel quite silly enough now, and will actually follow links in interesting discussions in future ;-) On 0, Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com> wrote: > > hi ya > > to clone onto a virgin disk ??? > > i like the old fashion way... > mount the new/virgin disk as hdc -- on a known good "cloning station" > ( all clients are built the same way... > > fdisk /dev/hdc > ( fdisk.sh ) > > tar-up master-disk | untar onto-clone > clone.sh > aka > http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Boot/Linux-1U/clone.rh-7.3.sh.txt > > > take that cloned disk to your new pc ... and you're done > except for minor tweeks such as ip# and re-rerunning lilo > ( test that new clone on the working syste before trying on > ( virgin hardware .. ( avoid [new|unknown] cpu/mem/disk/mb/user problems ) This is not really a satisfactory solution for my situation. I have a server running services that I want as close to 24x7 as possible without buying duplicate hardware to do active failover. Our disaster recovery plan for this machine currently consists of: * Stick a redhat 7.2 CD in the CD drive. * Reboot machine. * At LILO boot: prompt, type 'linux ks=http://x.x.x.x/machine.name/ks.cfg' and hit enter. * When it finishes doing its stuff, it will reboot. Take the CD out then. * Login as root and change the passwords for a list of accounts. And that's it. It is fast and easy; most software problems we don't bother trying to fix, we just rebuild the machine from scratch. If the problem would have taken 20 minutes to fix then we are still in front. Taking a HD out and hooking it up to another machine is messy because it means taking the cover off, you need the other machine physically present, and you always run the risk of dropping something or sticking a screwdriver in something you shouldn't have, especially when your server is down and users are howling for blood. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "That you're not paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you." - Robert Waldner Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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