Network Disk Imaging

From SANS Internet Storm Center, but I lost the link.

Reader Bob Hart submits the following tip, which is
very useful and surprisingly powerful for its size...

I have used the following on a Suse SLES 9 system to
make five exact copies of my original server.

1. On the new server insert the Installation CD and
boot to Rescue mode.
2. Use root to login at the "Rescue" prompt.
3. Run the following commands:

Ê
# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.100 netmask
255.255.255.0 up
# ping -c 192.168.1.101
# netcat -l -p 9876 | dd of=/dev/cciss/c0d0

The ping command simply checks connectivity to
existing server. Then, on the existing server...

1. Login as root
2. Run

# dd if=/dev/cciss/c0d0 bs=4M |netcat
192.168.1.100 9876