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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.\\

The client (the computer on which the image is to be stored) must run the following as someuser:
<code bash>
nc -l -p 10000 > partition.bz2
</code>

The server (the computer on which the disc to be copied resides) must run the following as root:
<code bash>
dd if=/dev/hda1 | bzip2 -9 | nc -q 0 192.168.0.10 10000
</code>

=====Copy all files on a filesystem=====
The client is a computer with ip 192.168.0.10.\\

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.tar.bz2
</code>

The server (the computer on which the disc to be copied resides) must run the following as root:
<code bash>
tar --preserve -cvj . | nc -q 0 192.168.0.10 10000
</code>

=====Copy all files on a filesystem without compression=====
The client is a computer with ip 192.168.0.10.\\

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.tar
</code>

The server (the computer on which the disc to be copied resides) must run the following as root:
<code bash>
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>