Debian: Need help with corrupted dpkg database

[Kevin Brown]

if you want the whole thing, scripts and all, you could use Norton Ghost.  I
believe it supports the ext2fs.  Or move the hard drive into the other systems
and dd it to the other drives.

> Also, I'd like to be able to reproduce this box. It's VERY standard, and my
> only customizations consist of a handful of scripts. Is there a way to
> extract what packages are installed, then automatically re-create a similar
> config on a new (clone) box?