On 07/03/2007 06:15 AM somebody named Per Jessen wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I usually use dd and ssh to clone disks from one machine to another, but that only works when the target is equally big or larger than the source.
Is there any easy way to do it from a 13% filled 60GB disk to a remote disk that's only 16GB?
As you're really just copying the filesystem, maybe rsync or tar. I use tar'ed filesystem images for installing new machines.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
The "tar" command isn't good to use for cloning, or even most backups. It skips so-called "hidden" files, those whose filenames begin with a period. Somebody should add in an option to tar so these are included... would be a major improvement. This info should at least be included in the tar manpage. -- Abstinence-Only sex education is a little like Just-Hold-It potty training. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org