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Cloning harddisks over the network using dd and nc
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| # clone harddisk from one machine to harddisk on another machine over the network | |
| # on the target: | |
| nc -l -p 7000 | gunzip | dd of=/dev/sda & | |
| # on the source: | |
| dd if=/dev/sda | gzip | nc <TARGET_IP> 7000 -q 10 & | |
| # progress (on the source): | |
| # get pid | |
| pgrep dd -l | |
| # get stats | |
| kill -USR1 <PID> |
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