From: Stephen_Reilly at domain dell.com
Date: Wed 06 Oct 1999 - 16:51:19 IST
"But it's the *principle* dammit : once you got the hang of
it, you could
do a full OS upgrade from a different continent. Let's see
you do that
with Windows :-)"
as much as I hate to admit it, it's actually ridiculously easy to do with
windows as most such utilities are written specifically for microsoft stuff.
There are few I know of that can intelligently (i.e. not blindly) dupe Ext2
filesystem data, powerquest drive image pro can . . .
--Steve
ilug-admin at domain linux.ie wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 09:14:35AM +0100, Vincent Cunniffe
mentioned:
> > Yeah, I already have someone doing me a boot prom for a
different box, but
> > I wanted to see if it would be technically possible to
do it entirely
> > remotely.
>
> Not really. Does the boot image support a serial terminal
? Then at least
> you could have a console (via another machine or a
terminal server).
Yeah, it currently puts the console on serial 0.
> > Hmmm... can I do an install of RH6.1 on a different
machine, copy an image
> > off the partition, copy it across the network, create a
partition on the
> > remote machine, dd the image into it, make that image
bootable, and then
> > remotely reboot the machine?
>
> Suppose. You do realise that you are admitting to the
world what an
> awkward git you are, yes ?
Absolutely :-)
This is purely in the interests of technical
possibilities... it would be
a hell of a lot faster to hang an IDE cable out the front,
boot off rh6.1,
and upgrade in 10 mins.
But it's the *principle* dammit : once you got the hang of
it, you could
do a full OS upgrade from a different continent. Let's see
you do that
with Windows :-)
Vin
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