On 17-10-2024 22:58, Haines Brown via Dng wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 04:44:23PM -0400, tempforever wrote:
>> tempforever wrote:
>>> Haines Brown via Dng wrote:
>>>> I'm cross installing Devuan on a newly instaslled SSD. I've
>>>> cross istalled successfully before, but ran into trouble this time
>>>> trying to bñind mouning /dev.
>>> What is "cross installing" ?
>> I'll answer my own question, from
>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2002/07/msg00084.html
>>
>> I think this is practically what the devuan live installer does, right?
>> I mean, the basic idea seems to be the same, to install devuan from
>> another running system.
> No, not from another running system, but from another disk on the same
> system.
>
> I never tried to install from one system to another. SSH? Not clear
> how its done. Would you mind outlining the proceedure?

It can be done with rsync as shown in
https://www.tecmint.com/clone-linux-server/