Copying Linode Image from one to another
Just wondering if it would be possible if lets say we had 2 linodes, would it possible to copy the linode images from one to the other.
Adam
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You could do it in "linode-space" with rsync or scp (for example)… But, if you wanted a secondary Linode I could copy them host-side to get you started. Not sure what you're going after…
-Chris
That would mean you would have to exact linodes each the same.
One of them would be the live linode, the other a testbed
The any software updates and upgrades could be tested on the testbed linode before been made on the live working copies.
Adam
Adam
What's wrong with rsync or scp?
-Chris
Adam
You might also be able to boot into single user mode, bring up networking and rsync that way, but I doubt you'll get rsync to run from a ro filesystem without some messing with it…
-Chris
Adam
@caker:
If you have a small utility distro deployed (like the Debian distro, or the rescue distro once I get around to it), you can mount your "source" distro r/o and then perform the rsync.
You might also be able to boot into single user mode, bring up networking and rsync that way, but I doubt you'll get rsync to run from a ro filesystem without some messing with it…
-Chris
Once again, I say cloning is handy
about 50 megs big, packed with useful utilities for system recovery and general use.