Re: Clone ES4 machine

Hello Dag,

Thats fine with rsync; if we have separate partitions for /, /home,
/usr, /opt, /var, /tmp..etc. and very purticular about a set of files
(correct me if I am wrong )
How about if we have gotta two different hardwares : Is that an issue ?

If we do need some conf files under /etc /dev /usr but not all
(ofcource we have option for selection in rsync but not Interactive (i
guess) ) that delays having the clone in one shot.

Does this do any trick :) ?
+ Boot a rescue image that contains a recent rsync binary:


The alternate options may be
http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/mondorescue-howto.html
http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/ Ghost for Linux
http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4u/ Ghost for Unix

Thank You,

On 4/25/06, Dag Wieers <dag@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Dag Wieers wrote:

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, j_70@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I am looking to 'clone' one of our ES4 production machines to make an
exact copy as a development box. Does linux have a built in method for
this or can someone point me in the right direction for a method for
this. TIA.

Rsync is a simple way to copy a complete system. The procedure goes
something like this:

+ Boot a rescue image that contains a recent rsync binary
+ Partition your disk(s)
+ Create the filesystems and mount them in a directory structure that
has sufficient filesystem space (or optionally mimics the original
system)
+ Rsync the original system onto your new filesystem structure

The tools you would use are resp. fdisk, mkfs (or mfks.ext3), mount, mkdir
and rsync.

I didn't mention that you need network as well, although the rescue image
could have done that for you using dhcp.

Kind regards,
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