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Re[2]: LIP General issues
Eli Marmor <marmor@elmar.co.il> wrote:
>
> > I've done it quite a few times - even without tar, just `cp -a'
>
> Including devices, special files, hard links, procs, FIFOs and
> fifos, hardware configurations, different kernel configurations,
> etc. ???
Of course, I had to adjust a few things afterwards - like /etc/fstab, hostname
and X config, but only that.
> I must say that it sounds very strange...
> If all the installations were equivalent, the distributers could
> sell CD-ROMs that should not be installed on disk, and the disk
> could be reserved for user files...
I'm sure it's just what's called `live filesystem on CD'.
> They could sell ready Linux
> hard disks (with the first partitions reserved for Windows 95...).
> Plug (the disk) and play.
You're not the first who thought of that. See, for example,
http://www.cosmoseng.com/ .
Regards,
Evgeny
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