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Old 01-18-2008, 06:46 AM
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Default Re: duplicate Linux installation

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 09:50:44 +0100, Erik T. <et@homeplanet.universe> wrote:
>Hi,


>For a classroom setup, I am asked to install multiple copies of Linux
>(Fedora Core 3) on the same machines in a classroom. Is there a (easy)
>way to duplicate one system to a new partition, without having to
>(re)install the complete system? Can I just duplicate the root partition
>and modify /etc/fstab of the copied system accordingly? Will there be
>network issues (we use dhcp on our network, so I don't think that will
>be a problem). Anything else to take into account?


>In short:
>step 1. install 1 linux system
>step 2. duplicate installed linux system on same machine
>==> How do i go about this?


Get a copy of ghost and copy partition to partition.

Or just mount the new partition and do a 'cp -a' to copy everything to it.
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