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Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2008-03-03

Posts: 1,379

How to clone an existing install?

Hi,

I've tried Wiki and forum search; got next to nothing. Wrong keywords, probably. Any ideas where to start?

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: How to clone an existing install?

I don't know what exactly you're after, but maybe one of these:
cp -a
rsync
clonezilla

ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: How to clone an existing install?

I use an Acronis True Image liveCD that works extremely well, too.  The live disk version is actually based on Linux.

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Stythys

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2008-05-18

Posts: 878

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Re: How to clone an existing install?

I just use rsync to backup conf files in places like /etc and /home, and save a list of all top-level packages. with those you can setup another system pretty darn fast.

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ninian

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From: United Kingdom

Registered: 2008-02-24

Posts: 726

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Re: How to clone an existing install?

I'd recommend using rsync to copy the whole filesystem from / with the options: -av --delete
Then on the cloned filesystem all you normally need to tweak are the config files:

/etc/fstab/
/etc/hosts/
/etc/rc.conf/
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/boot/grub/menu.lst

Simples!

Last edited by ninian (2009-11-30 20:50:35)

Gen2ly

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From: Sevierville, TN

Registered: 2009-03-06

Posts: 1,529

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Re: How to clone an existing install?

Parted Magic with Clonezilla.

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mikesd

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-01

Posts: 788

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Re: How to clone an existing install?

As others have said cp -av and a live cd have always worked well for me.

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