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adamgent
Joined: 23 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:08 am Post subject: Copying Linode Image from one to another |
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Hi Chris,
Just wondering if it would be possible if lets say we had 2 linodes, would it possible to copy the linode images from one to the other.
Adam |
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caker
Joined: 15 Apr 2003
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Location: Galloway, NJ
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Hey Adam,
You could do it in "linode-space" with rsync or scp (for example)... But, if you wanted a secondary Linode I could copy them host-side to get you started. Not sure what you're going after...
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adamgent
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 11:51 am Post subject: |
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The general idea is to fully configure the linode to a working state and then create a copy of the linode to a second one.
That would mean you would have to exact linodes each the same.
One of them would be the live linode, the other a testbed
The any software updates and upgrades could be tested on the testbed linode before been made on the live working copies.
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adamgent
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Did that make any sense?
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caker
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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So you would rather have the ability to copy the filesystem images through the Member's section, rather than reploying the same distro and rsync'ing it?
What's wrong with rsync or scp?
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adamgent
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Would using rsync work, wouldnt some files be locked and thus not accessible.
Adam |
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caker
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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If you have a small utility distro deployed (like the Debian distro, or the rescue distro once I get around to it), you can mount your "source" distro r/o and then perform the rsync.
You might also be able to boot into single user mode, bring up networking and rsync that way, but I doubt you'll get rsync to run from a ro filesystem without some messing with it...
-Chris |
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adamgent
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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I guess that would work, copying from the monted source to a blank dest partition.
Adam |
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bjohnson
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 4:13 am Post subject: |
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caker wrote: If you have a small utility distro deployed (like the Debian distro, or the rescue distro once I get around to it), you can mount your "source" distro r/o and then perform the rsync.
You might also be able to boot into single user mode, bring up networking and rsync that way, but I doubt you'll get rsync to run from a ro filesystem without some messing with it...
-Chris
Once again, I say cloning is handy :)
http://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=317&highlight=clone |
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chestie2
Joined: 19 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 6:10 am Post subject: |
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A great small utility distro is LNX-BBC ( bootable business card)
http://www.lnx-bbc.org/
about 50 megs big, packed with useful utilities for system recovery and general use. |
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