Remote Backup Using tar Over ssh

[Net Llama!]

On 08/08/2005 01:04 PM, Steve Nospam wrote:
> I recently needed to move all of a WinXP install to
> another disk.  I did a similar technique as above
> except that I booted a copy of Knoppix on each machine
> and then used my network.  
> # faucet 1234 -out tar -cvf - / on the originating
> machine
> 
> on the receiving machine
> # cd mnt
> # umask 000
> # hose 192.168.10.20 1234 -in tar --same-owner -xvpf -
> thanks to John Newbigin for the technique above
> I then did a recovery install of XP and bingo I had
> everything just like it was on the old machine.  It
> was the easiest migration I've ever done.

that's cause you didn't use Windows  :)


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