1. Mount the disk in /media/a1, /media/a2, ... 2. cd to the partition where the OS lives, say /media/a1 3. tar zcvf ../a2/08Jan09.tgz . --exclude=Photos --exclude=Pictures --exclude=digital_pictures --exclude=pictures --exclude=kodak --exclude=usr/local/cllee --exclude=var/cache/apt/archives ... 4. Set up networking, ifup eth1 if necessary 5. rsync -e ssh -av ../a2/08Jan09.tgz cllee@192.168.1.10:~/