[Sussex] Simple cloning

[David Morris]

If your looking to do this over quite a few machines in a managed
environment then stateless linux with thick clients looks quite promising.

http://people.redhat.com/dmalcolm/stateless/stateless-linux-HOWTO-en/


linux at oneandoneis2.org wrote:
>> 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.
>>     
>
> Can't you just use "cp -Ra" for this? It's all I've ever used to move an
> install from one disk to another. .
>
> Dominic
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