Re: Cloning a workstation

[Karsten Heymann <kheymann-news03@ecology.uni-kiel.de>]

Hello Sarunas,

a minor correction:

Karsten Heymann wrote:

> A very low-level way to [clone a workstation] it is using netcat. boot
> both systems from cd (knoppix or similiar) and let them have access to
> each other over the net (a cross-cable and manual chosen 192.168.0.x IP's
> will do). Both systems need netcat (executable name nc).
> 
> Now run
>   nc -l -p 12345 | gunzip -c > /dev/hda
> on the system to be installed to and on the master system run
>   cat /dev/hda | gzip -0 -c | nc CLIENT-IP 12345

sorry it is "gzip -1"

Yours,
Karsten