[H-GEN] Bootable Linux distro, partition backup/restore

[Russell Stuart]

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Briefly (not tested, just off the top of my head - but I have done it
before):

1.  rsh/ssh to the destination.  mkfs the destination partition
    and mount it.

2.  Run on the source machine:
     (cd /source-partition; tar cf - .) |
     ssh destination 'cd /destination-partition; tar xf -'
       
On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 12:25, Hilton Travis wrote:
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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently came across a CD-based bootable Linux distro (not Knoppix)
> that allowed you to backup and restore partitions across a network -
> a-la Symantec Ghost.
> 
> If anyone else has seen this, could they please post a link.  I cannot
> seem to locate this anywhere, and I'm now thinking that I may have been
> living in a dream at that point in time.

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