[Sussex] Simple cloning

[Paul Graydon]

Have you tried g4l?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l
Its quite handy :)


Brendan Whelan wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I am looking for the simplest way to reliably clone a Fedora Core 5 
> system. Small differences in disk size, changes in server hardware, out 
> dated proprietary software, etc have all caused me aggravation at 
> different times.
>  
> Each system only has one SCSI disk drive and I can take the system off 
> the network, boot from the rescue disk etc. i.e. the data should not be 
> changing.
> Does the following approach look sensible:
>  
> 1. Install a virgin copy of FC5 on the target disk.
>  
> 2. Place the original drive in the server with a low address.
>  
> 3. Place the target drive in the server with a higher address.
>  
> 4. Boot the system and allow to settle down.
>  
> 5. rsync /dev/sda /dev/sdb    is this too simplistic?  Should I repeat 
> this step a couple of times.
>  
> 6. Shutdown
>  
> 7. Reboot with only the target drive installed and check that all is well.
>  
> Thanks,  Brendan
> 
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