This is a short but potentially extremely handy guide to ghosting one Linux box to another (or simply making a full backup of a desktop/server).

On the target machine:
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nc -p 2222 -l | bzip2 -d | dd of=/dev/hdb

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On the source machine:
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bzip2 -c /dev/hda | nc 10.111.1.206 2222

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Note:

• please be VERY careful about IPs, devices and ports.
• after completion of dd command you have to run fsck on target partitions