[ale] "easiest" way to clone setup from one machine to another across a network

[James Sumners]

Er, that should be `tar cvf - /mnt/mount_point/ | nc 192.168.1.3
5000`. Of course, use the appropriate IP address for your target
machine.

On 9/10/06, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can boot both machines with a bootable disc such as SysRescueCD
> (http://www.sysresccd.org/) and clone the configured machine to the
> unconfigured machine over the network like so:
>
> 1) On the unconfigured machine partition the hard drive and apply the
> desired file system (ext2/3, reiserfs, etc.). Mount the partitions.
> 2) On the unconfigured machine run `nc -l -p 5000 | tar xvf -` from
> the "root" of the machine's filesystem.
> 3) On the configured machine, mount the partitions and run `tar xvf -
> /mnt/mount_point/ | nc 192.168.1.3 5000`.
>
> Sit back and wait.
>
> I like this method best because it is basically just copying files.
> tar just gives you some error checking on the receiving end. You could
> pipe cp if you really wanted.
>
> On 9/10/06, Preston Boyington <preston.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have two identical machines and I want the same software installed
> > on both (initially anyway).
> >
> > I was wondering if there was an easier way to do it other than first
> > partitioning both, installing on one, taring the directories, and then
> > untaring them on the victu--- err "guest" machine.
> >
> > I am about to start my own bit of detective work after the install,
> > but thought I would get some ideas / experiences from others that
> > probably do this more often than I.
> >
> > Should it matter, these are Toshiba Satellite A105-s2101 laptops and I
> > run Debian on everything because I don't want to expend the energy to
> > get used to anything else.  ;-)
> >
> > Thanks folks,
> > Preston
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>
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>
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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59