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From: Mike Jones on 5 Jul 2010 04:51 Responding to Ohmster: > Mike Jones <luck(a)dasteem.invalid> wrote in > news:pan.2010.07.04.10.57.49(a)dasteem.invalid: > >> Just like "cp -a /mnt/source/* /mnt/target" clones things, you can >> replace cp with "tar"... >> >> #> tar -clpvzf /path/to/clone.tar.gz /mnt/source >> >> ...then >> >> #> tar -xpvf /path/to/clone.tar.gz -C /mnt/target >> >> ...to restore the clone somewhere. >> >> #> man tar >> >> ...is your next stop. >> >> NOTE: If you drop a cloned OS onto a different partition, don't forget >> to update /etc/fstab to match it's new home. >> >> TIP: Search "partimage" and "rescuecd" >> >> HINT: Get Slackware! > > Thank you. > > Slackware?!! Ack! I got my hands full with these rpms, could you imagine > me doing the entire distro by tarballs in slackware? Brrrrrrrrrrrrr! You got slacky.eu, Robby Workman's stuff, and slackbuilds.org. More Slackpkg choices than you could shake a stick at. And the SlackBook project. What more could you possibly need? ;) -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs. |