Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:43:56 -0500 From: Freebsd <freebsd@optiksecurite.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Advice for dump/restore over SSH Message-ID: <378FD954-9AA0-47EA-BFB3-9EE482A0F81E@optiksecurite.com> In-Reply-To: <20090119174619.GA43749@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4974B9A2.4070709@optiksecurite.com> <20090119174619.GA43749@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Le 09-01-19 =C3=A0 12:46, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> a =C3=A9crit : > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:34:26PM -0500, FreeBSD wrote: >> My question is how do you clone PC over SSH (it would be too much a =20= >> PITA >> to open each case to plug the HD directly in the source PC). > > Would it have to be ssh? Why not just use netcat [nc(1)] if both > machines are on your local network? > > Try something like: > > <destination machine, booted e.g. from CD> > newfs /dev/foo > mount /dev/foo /mntroot > cd /mntroot > nc -l 65000| restore -rvf - > > <source machine> > dump -0 -a -C 8 -L -u -f - / | nc <dest> 65000 > > Roland > -- > Sounds pretty interesting to me but i couldn't test right now. As nc =20 is in /usr/bin how will i not face the same problem as with ssh? Can =20 you point me to a freebsd live cd that has nc included? Thanks a lot for your help Martin=
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