Bug 57757 – Please add netcat to LiveCD for OS cloning purposes

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Release Media

[Description Josiah Ritchie (flickerfly) 2004-07-20 10:56:19 UTC]

I found that when I went to clone a PC using netcat and dd across a network that netcat wasn't on the disk. The was solved easily enough by putting it on a USB stick, but the addition of netcat to the LiveCD would make it even more flexible and useful in the future as an all purpose rescue CD.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
My steps are at:
http://josiah.ritchietribe.net/pmwiki/index.php/Tech/RemoteCloning4Gentoo

[Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2004-07-20 19:01:51 UTC]

We're not adding anything else to the LiveCD (2004.2 is already completed and in testing)...

I'm marking this as LATER, because we are going to be producing a Knoppix-like CD in the future, which will be the rescue environment.  In fact, I am going to be reducing the number of items on the current LiveCD to *only* what is required for an install on various hardware.

Our installation media has simply become too bloated.

[Comment 2 Josiah Ritchie (flickerfly) 2004-07-21 05:19:09 UTC]

Cool, An emergency specific LiveCD tool would be great for this sort of thing. :-)

Also, I like the idea of smaller downloads to update my media so appreciate you keeping an eye on the kb bottom line.

I'll look forward to it.

[Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2004-08-30 04:17:15 UTC]

*** Bug 62205 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-05-03 08:19:07 UTC]

I'm going to reopen now that Project Dolphin is alive and kicking...

[Comment 5 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-05-03 08:20:43 UTC]

Well, though we won't add this to the minimal CD, it has been added to Project Dolphin, and also to my spec files for the Gentoo LiveCD, which will be a complete LiveCD environment/GRP replacement, rather than just an install disk.

Once either Dolphin becomes an officially-supported project (it is still very beta now) or the LiveCD becomes official release media, then I'll RESOLVE this one.

[Comment 6 Mark Knecht 2005-06-16 16:16:11 UTC]

I came looking for this feature today myself. I have a working Pundit-R and want
to clone it to 3 more identical systems. I had assumed that the Universal
install CD would have nc but it didn't. throw in my wish that it was there also.
Seems like a natural since this Gentoo Wiki led me to think it would be there.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Clone_a_Gentoo_Server_or_Workstation

Anyway, thanks for listening.

[Comment 7 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-08-15 11:19:32 UTC]

Added to the x86 LiveCD for 2005.1

[Comment 8 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-12-15 05:12:14 UTC]

*** Bug 115618 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***