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#1 2010-04-27 22:36:54
- Ravenman
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Save one system image on CD
Hi to everyone.
I have one Arch Linux system, installed and upgraded ... I need clone this system in another CPU (without network).
How can I do one system image (Clonezilla style) and save this image in one CD ? 
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#2 2010-04-28 10:28:51
- grey
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Re: Save one system image on CD
What kind of machines are we talking about? If they are two desktops it might be easier to put the HD of the target machine into the source machine and then copy the OS.
Good ideas do not need lots of lies told about them in order to gain public acceptance.
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#3 2010-04-28 14:03:04
- pyther
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Re: Save one system image on CD
You could try tar and xz compression, just use a really high compression level. How much space is the current system using? You could also get an ide/sata to usb adapter and mount both drives and cp the file in a livecd environment.
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#4 2010-04-28 15:21:14
- Ravenman
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Re: Save one system image on CD
What kind of machines are we talking about? If they are two desktops it might be easier to put the HD of the target machine into the source machine and then copy the OS.
I have one machine with one "tuned" Arch Linux system and I need to replicate that system in another machines; the main problem here is: the other machines are very away and they don't have network connection.
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#5 2010-04-28 16:10:56
- grey
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Re: Save one system image on CD
Do the other machines have a USB port? The problem I'm getting at is this: you need
1. an image of the tuned arch system
2. an OS that can copy that image onto the HD of the target machine.
You could get 2. from a live CD, but then the CD drive is busy and you cannot used it for the arch image.
There are still solutions even in that situation, but if you have a USB port or 2 CD drives or an OS already installed on the target machine, it's easier.
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#6 2010-04-28 16:27:39
- Ravenman
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Re: Save one system image on CD
Do the other machines have a USB port? The problem I'm getting at is this: you need
1. an image of the tuned arch system
2. an OS that can copy that image onto the HD of the target machine.
You could get 2. from a live CD, but then the CD drive is busy and you cannot used it for the arch image.There are still solutions even in that situation, but if you have a USB port or 2 CD drives or an OS already installed on the target machine, it's easier.
Not, they doesn't. I'm looking for one sotfware like DriveImage, but FLOSS
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