Martin Kraus wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > > I like booting the new machine with a live cdrom and then > > > > using rsync to clone the old system onto the new system's disk > > > > over the network. Then install grub and boot the new system. > > > > > > > At other times I will move the new disks onto the old system, > > > > mount them and do the copy locally, then move them back into > > > > the new machine and boot it. > > Isn't using tar the easiest way? boot from finnix iso, create > software raid,lvm or whatever you need, then tar one system with > --numeric-owner parameter and pipe it through ssh to the destination > system. mount --bind /dev to the new system, chroot into it, > install grub and restart.
As I said before there isn't one canonically correct way. Different people will have their favorite methods. In this case the concept of cloning the filesystem is the same. One just uses tar and ssh and other uses rsync and ssh. Neither is wrong and neither is The One True way. A third person might like cpio over tar. A forth person might like dd. A fifth person might like 'mondo', which I am a little surprised that no one mentioned yet. Bob
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
