Disk cloning on non-FireWire clamshell iBook?

Is there any utility that will allow me to clone the entire contents of my iBook's 6GB disk (which is about 80 per cent full) onto a networked Mac with more space, then copy it all back to the iBook when I've fitted it with a larger HD?
My iBook is the 366MHz 'special edition' Graphite one and it doesn't have a FireWire port so I can't use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! as they both require an internal or FireWrire drive to copy to.
Really hoping I won't have to reinstall everything from scratch...

When I replaced the hard drive in my iMac 350 MHz, I faced the same dilemma.
My solution:
I had each user log into their account on the iMac 350 and then remotely access their account on another Mac on the network.
Then the user used drag and drop to copy their /Users/username folder (from the old drive) into their account on the other Mac.
After everything was backed up, I replaced the drive.
Installed OS X and all the upgrades.
Installed the 3rd party applications we use.
I created all the same users with the same short username.
Again I had each user log into their account (account on the iMac 350) and then remotely access their account on another Mac on the network.
Then the user used drag and drop to copy their original /Users/username folder (from the other Mac) into their account on the iMac 350. This replaces the default contents of the new /Users/username folder.
Then the user logged out and back in. They had access to all their old files.
After ensuring that all their files were working as before, I put the original old drive in a FireWire enclosure and attached it to one of my other Macs.
I used Disk Utility to erase the old drive. I used the option to write zeroes so that sensitive data would be overwritten.

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