The best way to copy whole partition is when it is offline (not used) Boot both laptops from live-cd's (for example knoppix) and do like described in this article dd if=/dev/hda1|nc 192.168.1.1 2222 - on sending laptop nc -l -p 2222|dd of=/dev/hda1 - on receiving one
If it seems difficult then you can use tools like "ghost or partition magic" they have network support also. On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 17:00 +0200, Micha wrote: > I need to install debian for a friend of mine that got new machine. Apart for > the network card driver (which is actually a relative of mine) and the > graphics > card which is intel instead of nvidia the install should be about the same. > > I thought to save some headache and just copy over the whole linux partition > and just fix up the small tidbits (network driver, graphic driver and fstab). > > Since these are two laptops, moving the hardrive over won't work so I need to > do it over the network. What would be the best way to do this? Should I boot > the new laptop with ubuntu or something or do a base debian install? Is there > a > better way, and how do I make sure that the permissions and owners don't > change > and that /proc, /sys, /dev etc. are not copied? > > Thanks > > -- http://unixinmind.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
