 | | | clone a linux system over the network | clone a linux system over the network 2005-05-08 - By Tim Edwards
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wolf2k5 wrote:
> Hi,
> In the past, to migrate a Linux system from a server to a new one with
> HD of the same size, I shut down the servers, booted a Linux live CD
> (Knoppix) on them and used 'dd' and 'netcat' to clone the system over
> the network: that worked fine, but with two cons:
>
> - It is pretty slow, since it will copy over even blank data.
>
> - You cannot resize the partitions: if the new server has a bigger
> disk, you cannot enlarge the original partition to use the additional
> space.
>
> Do you know any better way to clone the system over the network that
> will fix the above problems?
>
> I think the commercial application Symantec Ghost can do it, but I am
> looking for something free.
>
Try partimage - its a free disk imaging program similar to Symantec
Ghost (although probably not as fully featured yet). It works over the
network and it'll be on your knoppix CD.
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Tim Edwards
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