Transfer A Drive Image Over A Network Using An Ubuntu Live Cd
The Ubuntu Live CD includes both utilities that we need for the source and destination computers out of the box – dd and ssh. We’re fans of dd, having used it to clone hard drives and make drive images locally in the past. However, putting an image on an external drive and then transferring that to a different computer is a pain. Using a combination of dd and ssh lets us transfer a drive image from one computer to another in one step, requiring no local storage in between....