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Git Clone Fails

Git clone fails with fatal unexpected and invalid messages. The git repository is over 1GB and there is a work-a-round that made it possible to finally clone the repository successfully. Error fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet fatal: early EOF fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output Suggestions Some sites suggested using SSH clone rather than http. That wasn’t an option….

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One Way to “sysprep” a Linux Template to Clone

An anoyance with cloning a Linux virtual machine is that the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file may contain a UUID and HWADDR which can be removed and the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules can be deleted or zero’ed out. So, here are the steps I use to create a “template”. Remove the UUID and HWADDR lines from the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file. > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to zero it out. Run…

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