Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I am building three identical systems. Well they will have different
> host names, and with time the software setups will drift. But at
> install time they are identical.
>
> Is there some way, (with dd I might guess) to do a hardare level copy?
>
> All three drives are Hitachi DK23DA-40F (40Gb). Supposedly factory
> reconditioned (they are in sealed bags with a drive sticker stating:
> "Refurbished to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Specifications").
>
> I would want to copy the paritition table and my 3 partitions (/boot,
> swap, LVM (/ and /home ext3 partitions in the LVM)) and all their contents.
>
> Thing is I only have one USB drive enclosure so I would be running from
> the drive I want to copy from.
Boot from the install CD with 'linux rescue' at the boot prompt so you
can do the dd copy with none of the partitions mounted.
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Les Mikesell
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