[NTLUG:Discuss] need some clarification
Raymond Norton
admin at support.lctn.k12.mn.us
Sat Mar 30 16:09:54 CST 2002
<snip>
>I need to clone one of my machines to about 10 other ones. And because of
>the level of customization, it would take forever to do by hand. So, I
>downloaded Tom's root boot floppy from http://www.toms.net. The machine I
>needed to clone was booted in read-only mode, it had an ip of 10.10.220.53.
>I then booted the other machine with Tom's root boot disk and gave it the
>ip
>10.10.220.21. On the one I wanted to clone to, I did:
>nc -l -n -v -p 6666 > /dev/sda
>On the machine I wanted to clone from, I did:
>cat /dev/sda | nc -n -v 10.10.220.21 6666
</SNIP>
I am trying to make copies of my IPCop box. I am trying to understand the
above snip, but I am not clear on how to boot the box to read-only mode, or
if it is even necessary. Any detailed instruction is appreciated.
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Raymond Norton
Little Crow Telemedia Network
320-234-0270
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