On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:34 AM,
kitepilot@kitepilot.com
<
kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
> Save the current checksum value of your files:
> # >/tmp/files.md5
> # find / -xdev \( -path /tmp -o -path /var/tmp \) -prune -o -type f \
> # -exec md5sum "{}" \; >>/tmp/files.md5
>
> Validate that they haven't changed:
> # cd /
> # md5sum -c /tmp/files.md5
> (This is what the --checksum option of rsync does)
> SAVE /tmp/files.md5 SOMEWHERE ELSE, most systems will cleanup /tmp on every
> boot.
>
> To "replicate your system":
> Boot the boxes with a CD (Debian live works good and is lite, no "X"):
> # sudo -i
> # apt-get install ssh
> # mount -text4 /dev/sda1 /mnt
> (You'll need to create partitions and filesystems on the "other" box)
> And from your box:
> # rsync -vaxHXY --checksum --super / root@otherbox:/mnt
> On the other box:
> You'll most likely need to adjust the /etc/fstab file because most distros
> use UUID and they will not match, although that's an entirely different
> subject altogether.
> Quick and dirty options are:
> .- Build the new filesystems with the same UUID(s),
> .- Change the /etc/fstab to match the new UUID(s) or,
> .- use absolute devices (/dev/sda1) to mount the drives.
> I think that RedHat still uses labels, which renders the same solution after
> you replace "UUID" with "label".
> Finally on your "other" box
> (DO NOT DO THIS ON "your" BOX UNLES YOU *KNOW* what you are doing)
> # grub-install /dev/sda
> And now you should be able to boot your other box like your own.
>
> Of course there are only 731598564385+1 variations and applications of the
> recipe above. You have there all the information you need to "solve the
> problem", now you need to "define the problem" an reshuffle the instructions
> above to fit the shoe.
> For more info (on EVERYTHING) go read:
>
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
> Enjoy...
> ET
>
>
>
> Michael Havens writes:
>>
>> I was wondering... I wanted to clone my hard drive because I need to
>> repartiton it to make it smaller. Do I really need to worry about the data
>> getting corrupted? If I do need to worry about it is the data recoverable
>> if something happens to it?
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> you know.... I want to clone my drive because I thought you really
>>> Dec 29, 2011 at 3:55 AM,
kitepilot@kitepilot.com
>>> <
kitepilot@kitepilot.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have cloned and restored
2464720174+1 systems with:
>>>> rsync - need to vaxHXY --checksum /path1 /path2 /path3
>>>> someone@remotebox:/mybackup
>>>> The 'x' constrain the sweep to a partition to avoid memory directories
>>>> (/proc, /dev, /sys) which forces to explicitly name every mounted
>>>> directory
>>>> to copy.
>>>> Then you can 'restore' with:
>>>> rsync -vaxHXY --checksum someone@remotebox:/mybackup /
>>>> All the options are important (except '-v'), but specially '-H' *HAS* to
>>>> be there if you are cloning directories with kernel files or the
>>>> resulting
>>>> system will eventually become unstable.
>>>> Free advise, can't sue me... :)
>>>> YMMV
>>>> ET
>>>> PS: If you have any question,
>>>> you will get any answer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michael Havens writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> I got things just the way I want them. How do I make a miiror image of
>>>>> my
>>>>> hard drive? dd? Or is there a more user friendly way? I kinda want to
>>>>> do
>>>>> it
>>>>> like a raid would do it. You know.... where I would just recopy the
>>>>> image
>>>>> if my computer gets corrupted and it would be like the day I made the
>>>>> image...... hmmmm.... google it! I found system rescue cd! (
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_**Page<
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page>)
>>>>> DOes this sound good? What do you all
>>>>> recommend? You know, on the first page about this one of the programs
>>>>> is
>>>>> partimage and they say that one of the limitations of it is that it
>>>>> does
>>>>> not support ext4 filesystem. hmmmmm.... after a bit of reading me
>>>>> thinks
>>>>> this doesn't work with ext4 even though the 'Main Page' says it does.
>>>>> Do
>>>>> any of you know any differently?..... hmmmmm..... I've been looking but
>>>>> all
>>>>> of the copy programs say they support ext2 & 3 but not 4. What do you
>>>>> say?
>>>>> --
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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