Some notes I gathered for converting a physisical system to a virtual one (aka p2v).
http://jimweller.com/2008/09/linux-p2v-notes.html ----- Forwarded message from Eric Branson ------ dd if=/dev/sda bs=16k | gzip -c >/samba/mnt/system9.gz ; gzip -t /samba/mnt/system9.gz 2>/dev/null ; echo $? ; I would say that works great, actually. I say we do this. Or (without Samba): netcat -l -q 0 -p [port] >system9.gz ; gzip -t recv ; echo $? ; dd if=/dev/sda bs=16k | gzip -c | netcat -q 0 [host] [port] ; ----- "Brian Lavender" <[email protected]> wrote: > Duh! Here is a quick snapshot of a system. > > Boot with rescue disk. > smb mount NAS > dd disk to image on NAS. > > dd if=/dev/sda bs=16k | gzip | dd of=/samba/mnt/system9.gz > > In the case of restoral > boot system with rescue disk > smb mount NAS > dd image to to disk > > dd if=/samba/mnt/system9.gz | gunzip | dd of=/dev/sda bs=16k > > I need to verify the exact syntax, but I know this works! I work with > forensics folks and I know it is in the lab at work. I will retrieve > it > tomorrow. > > And for Eric, who insists on signing things, there is a way to md5sum > (or sha1sum) it too. That is if think the adversary could get the > image > and jack it up so that it produces the same md5sum. > > brian > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:07:00AM -0700, Brian Lavender wrote: > > > > Here are some notes for converting a host from a physical system to > a > > virtual system. Eric was enquiring about this one. > > > > http://jimweller.com/2008/09/linux-p2v-notes.html > > > > brian > > -- > > Brian Lavender > > http://www.brie.com/brian/ > > -- > Brian Lavender > http://www.brie.com/brian/ -- Eric Branson California State University, Sacramento ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
