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--- gentoo:netcat_disk_copy [2010/01/26 10:29] – created deva
+++ gentoo:netcat_disk_copy [2013/10/28 08:19] (current) – deva
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 ======Netcat disc copy======
+NOTE: The netcat binary can be compiled with the 'static' useflag, thereby making it a standalone binary with no lib deps. (Can be copied to a livecd and run from there).
 =====Copy an entire partition=====
 The client is a computer with ip 192.168.0.10.\\
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 The server (the computer on which the disc to be copied resides) must run the following as root:
 <code bash>
-tar cvj . | nc -q 0 192.168.0.10 10000
+tar --preserve -cvj . | nc -q 0 192.168.0.10 10000
 </code>
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 The client (the computer on which the image is to be stored) must run the following as someuser:
 <code bash>
-nc -l -p 10000 > files.bz2
+nc -l -p 10000 > files.tar
 </code>
 The server (the computer on which the disc to be copied resides) must run the following as root:
 <code bash>
-tar cv . | nc -q 0 192.168.0.10 10000
+tar --preserve cv . | nc -q 0 192.168.0.10 10000
 </code>
+=====Restoring files from tar=====
+Assuming the server (the computer to have its files restored) has ip 192.168.0.59\\
+On the client (the computer containing the backed up files) run the following:
+<code bash>
+nc -l -p 10000 | tar --preserve -xvf -
+</code>
+On the server, change to the directory into which the files should be restoed and run the command:
+<code bash>
+cat files.tar | nc -q 0 192.168.0.59 10000
+</code>
+=====Restoring partition from tar=====
+TODO
+=====Restoring disk from bz2 archive=====
+Sender:
+<code>
+bzcat -d centos_6.4_minimal_desktop.dd.bz2 | nc -q 0 192.168.0.51 10000
+</code>
+Receiver:
+<code>
+nc -l 10000 | dd of=/dev/sda
+</code>