Duplicate computers

[wmcdonald at gmail.com (Will McDonald)]

On 10/02/06, Jim Perrin <jperrin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I need to do an install on 12 identical computers. Once I have
> > done the install on one of them, is there a simple way to
> > duplicate the drive to the next computer.
> >
> > I do not have access to Ghost, any suggestion?
>
> network install + kickstart.

Or for a low-tech solution, if the disks are identical, boot rescue
mode from CD and

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb

Where sda is the whole disk of an already installed system and sdb is
a blank disk.

If they're HP Proliants or similar you can use their hot-swap
mirroring to mirror disks even quicker than dd.